Explaining the check swing blown call that felled the Giants and delighted the Dodgers
One of the greatest seasons in major league history ends with a blown call. Not a controversial call. Not on a play governed by an obscure rule. A blown call that will be revisited and discussed for years.
The San Francisco Giants’ historic run was extinguished Thursday when first base umpire Gabe Morales ruled Wilmer Flores swung at an 0-2 pitch from the Dodgers’ Max Scherzer with two outs in the ninth inning of the deciding Game 5 of the NLDS.
“That’s going to be the thing that is talked about
