{"id":104718,"date":"2022-10-22T11:51:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T11:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/watch-padres-jurickson-profar-ejected-after-arguing-crucial-check-swing-call-in-nlcs-game-3\/"},"modified":"2022-10-22T11:51:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T11:51:58","slug":"watch-padres-jurickson-profar-ejected-after-arguing-crucial-check-swing-call-in-nlcs-game-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/watch-padres-jurickson-profar-ejected-after-arguing-crucial-check-swing-call-in-nlcs-game-3\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Padres’ Jurickson Profar ejected after arguing crucial check-swing call in NLCS Game 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
The ninth inning of the Philadelphia Phillies’ eventual 4-2 win over the San Diego Padres in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series on Friday was punctuated by a controversial checked-swing call against Jurickson Profar. <\/p>\n
With a runner on first and no outs, Profar began to offer at a full-count inside fastball from Philly closer Seranthony Dom\u00ednguez but attempted to check his swing. To the naked eye, he appeared to do so successfully, but he was called out by third-base umpire Todd Tichenor. Profar, immediately outraged by the call, made his objections known, and he was ejected. Here’s a look: <\/p>\n
Now for some screengrabs which show the barrel of Profar’s bat at its farthest point in the swing (or non-swing, if you prefer): <\/p>\n\n
And: <\/p>\n\n
Somewhat infamously, the MLB rulebook doesn’t flatly define what is or isn’t a swing, and umpires are left to make such calls based on judgement and, well, perhaps oral tradition. Typically, an umpire will call it a swing if the barrel tip crosses the front of the plate or the foul line. Absent an angle that approximates Tichenor’s view down that third-base foul line, we can’t really say definitively whether the call was right or wrong based on the video and stills above. Anecdotally, most observers in real time seemed to think it wasn’t a swing, but, again, we didn’t have Tichenor’s angle on things. <\/p>\n