2015 NLCS. Game Two. Dodgers vs Mets. Chase Utley slides into second base hard – trying to break up a possible double play. Mets’ shortstop Ruben Tejada misses the bag with his foot, and spins like a ballerina in an attempt to make an almost impossible throw to beat the runner at first base. Tejada turned his back to the runner, there was a collision, and both players crumpled to the ground. The result was all the Dodgers were safe, and Tejada ended up with a broken leg.
The umpiring crew saw nothing illegal on the play, but under the heat of the playoff spotlights and blaring opinions from both coasts and all parts in-between, baseball’s chief disciplinarian, Joe Torre suspended Utley.