But it was called a check swing, Ruf walked to first and the game-tying run crossed the plate. The Giants then scored again and eventually won 5-3.

Darin Ruf was at the plate, and he appeared to go around on a 3-2 pitch from Kenley Jansen that the first base umpire called a check swing. Everyone was mad.

Giants outfielder Darin Ruf didn't think Flores went, either, but he remembered a similar, though much more egregious, checked swing call in a previous matchup between the two teams earlier this ...

There's a lot more to that Wilmer Flores check-swing call than meets the eye.

Generally, if you have an accidental check swing, the only thing you have to worry about is just missing the pitch. That’s all there is for how to stop checking swinging in MLB The Show 24.

As of this writing, MLB hasn't provided a reason for using a 45-degree angle to determine a swing, but it could change as the review system is tested further.

The use of motion tracking technology to review a check swing could also mark a major change for baseball as there is nothing in the official rulebook defining what a check swing is.

MLB testing automated check-swing challenge system this fall as league further embraces robo ump experiments MLB is experimenting with the system in the Arizona Fall League By R.J. Anderson ...