CLEVELAND — If you care about the Guardians, you’ve done it, probably with a hot dog in hand. Maybe you’ve yelled or just muttered under your breath, but you’ve done it. You’ve complained about the ...

Dan Bellino had his CB Bucknor moment during Monday’s game. The veteran MLB umpire Bellino was behind the plate on Monday for the Athletics-Atlanta Braves game at Truist Park in Atlanta, Ga. Athletics ...

Major League Baseball has implemented the automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system this season and it has been a huge hit. No pun intended. The players and fans love it. Here is how it works: Each ...

Mark Schofield is a former college quarterback and attorney covering the NFL and F1. C.B. Bucknor has endured a brutal start to the 2026 MLB season. The umpire was behind the plate on Saturday for a ...

The new ABS system has been controversial across baseball, but perhaps no group has been more rankled at its arrival as former umpires. Billie Weiss / Boston Red Sox / Getty Images What is a strike?

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Six days into the Major League Baseball season, and teams, coaches and umpires are already seeing the impacts of the newly implemented Automated Ball-Strike challenge system that claims to have more ...

CINCINNATI, Ohio – The bulk of the Automatic Ball-Strike System (ABS) chaos in Saturday’s 6-5 Red Sox loss came after Sonny Gray’s four-inning start. The Red Sox ran out of challenges by the top of ...