MLB’s replay system hasn’t been all that great, has it? The current system, put in place ahead of the 2014 season, is supposed to allow for managers to challenge certain plays to ensure that the correct call was made. Sometimes, that’s a good thing. Being a major league umpire on the field is not an easy job, and sometimes a bang-bang play gets called the wrong way. If guy just barely beats the ball to first base but is called out, or vice versa, replay ensures that the correct call gets made.
But on Thursday night, in the late night contest between the San Francisco Giants and St.