Snyder's Soapbox: ABS is not 'embarrassing' MLB umpires, it's making them better

Welcome to Snyder's Soapbox! Here, I pontificate about matters related to Major League Baseball on a weekly basis. Some of the topics will be pressing matters, some might seem insignificant in the grand scheme of things, and most will be somewhere in between. The good thing about this website is that it's free, and you are allowed to click away. If you stay, you'll get smarter, though. That's a money-back guarantee. Let's get to it. This week, for the first time in Major League Baseball history, we've seen the ABS (automated ball-strike) system in action. It's been a great success. A few missed calls have been corrected and fans everywhere are seeing that it only takes a few extra seconds...