Yankees icon CC Sabathia's immediate reaction to Team USA win was highly relatable

Despite claims to the contrary, the New York Yankees were well represented in Sunday night's nail-biting World Baseball Classic semifinal between Team USA and the Dominican Republic. Camilo Doval blazed through the eighth inning and Austin Wells victimized David Bednar (and probably shouldn't have been pinch hit for). Aaron Judge laced a single to start the action and avenged an early strikeout with RISP with a momentum-turning throw that gunned down Fernando Tatis Jr.

And, in the end, with Mason Miller on the mound and Geraldo Perdomo spitting on a 2-2 slider and awaiting his fate, the man behind the plate took the bat out of his hands and changed the narrative.

CC Sabathia, after soaking up the intense atmosphere, reacted the way most American fans did watching the action unfold (yes, before moving on to defending individual players and diminishing others because tribal loyalty transcends country, it seems).

From inside the building in Miami, Sabathia took directly to his Instagram story to express a shared emotion that most viewers could not deny: that was not the ending anyone deserved.

Yankees Hall of Famer CC Sabathia doesn't understand why the World Baseball Classic doesn't have ABS

Also, Bednar's work in the seventh made me feel like I had IBS, but that's something different entirely.

MLB is prepared to introduce ball-strike challenge technology this year. In fact, it's already happening across every ballpark this spring. Given the high-profile rollout, why couldn't they have it ready for the World Baseball Classic, too?! Is it something about rigging up the stadiums in Japan and San Juan for the early rounds? In that case, the least they could do was pivot to full ABS for the single-elimination games in MLB ballparks in Miami and Houston.

Not only would it have been fair and just, but it would've given us another opportunity at an all-time showdown. Tying run on third. Two outs. Tatis Jr. at the plate against Miller, who's in the midst of an all-time heater. Instead, Captain Aaron Judge and Co. move on with a semi-whimper to face either Venezuela or Italy in the finals, and everyone's talking about a judgment call rather than the ridiculous relief work that kept the most star-studded lineup in the history of this tournament at bay.

It was unfortunate that Sabathia's — and everyone else's — mind went directly to the umpire's flub, but how could you go anywhere else? Especially given that, right back at camp in a meaningless Yankees-Tigers exhibition tilt, we have the technology ready to correct the error?