One of the more unusual and admittedly entertaining moments during the 2103 postseason occurred when Scott Van Slyke of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Joe Kelly, then of the St. Louis Cardinals, engaged in a standoff immediately following the national anthem at NLCS Game 6.
The staredown, as it were, played out for several minutes, including a national television commercial break and pregame warmups, and seemed poised to continue through the game's first pitch before home plate umpire Greg Gibson interjected and ordered both players to the dugout.