Spring training has provided a proving ground for Major League Baseball's new Automated Ball-Strike challenge system and the results have been quite positive. The entire process is short and relatively painless, allowing more of the 50-50 calls to be properly adjudicated. Actual stakes for the process begin this week with the beginning of the regular season and players are still learning some of the intricacies.
For instance, here's Cavan Biggio of the Astros finding out in real time that a challenge must be immediately instituted after he took issue with a bad called third strike during an at-bat Sunday against the Cardinals.
