The World Baseball Classic bracket.
The World Baseball Classic does not yet use the Automated Ball Strike (ABS) system to help avoid horrendous calls like this, which leave everyone frustrated with the outcome of games.
The system has been being tested out in the minor leagues and is coming to MLB this season.
Team USA’s center fielder, Pete Crow-Armstrong, added that he could see the ball was low from a few hundred feet away.
“It looked a little down. Yes, I’m glad we had no ABS,” Crow-Armstrong said postgame.“I’m happy that the human element was in full effect.”
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