Check Swing Replay System Comes A Few Years Too Late For SF Giants

Umpires blew several calls that cost the Giants some crucial games, but they won the World Series anyway.

The San Francisco Giants, one of the most successful teams in Major League Baseball over the past decade, finally have a check swing replay system in place.

Unfortunately, it comes several years too late.

The Giants have been on the wrong end of several controversial check swing calls in recent years, most notably in the 2016 NLDS against the Chicago Cubs.

In that series, Giants catcher Buster Posey was called out on a check swing in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 4 with the bases loaded and the Giants trailing by one run.

The call was overturned on replay, but the Giants went on to lose the game in extra innings.

The Giants also lost Game 5 of that series on a controversial check swing call that went against Brandon Crawford.

The Giants eventually won the World Series that year, but those two calls still sting for many fans.

The new check swing replay system is designed to eliminate these types of calls from the game.

Under the new system, umpires will be able to use video replay to review check swing calls in real time.

This should help to ensure that the correct call is made more often.

The Giants are one of several teams that have been pushing for a check swing replay system for years.

The league finally agreed to implement the system this year after a series of high-profile blown calls in the 2019 postseason.

The Giants are hopeful that the new system will help them to avoid some of the heartbreak they have experienced in recent years.

However, they also know that the system is not perfect.

"It's not going to be 100 percent," manager Gabe Kapler said. "But it's going to be a lot better than it was before."

The Giants are still a few years away from contending for another World Series, but the check swing replay system is a step in the right direction.

The team has a lot of young talent, and they are hoping that the new system will help them to take the next step.

If the Giants can avoid some of the bad luck they have had in recent years, they could be a force to be reckoned with in the coming years.

The check swing replay system is a welcome addition to Major League Baseball, and it is something that the Giants have been waiting for a long time.

It is unfortunate that the system comes a few years too late for the team, but it should help them to avoid some of the heartbreak they have experienced in recent years.