Let us take a couple minutes to appreciate maybe the most epic umpire-manager interaction of all time on is 8th anniversary.
The background, from this Deadspin article:
Noah Syndergaard was ejected from a Dodgers-Mets game way back in late May 2016 after throwing behind Chase Utley in the top of the third inning. It was a 1-0 pitch, and it was 99 miles per hour, and it sailed behind Utley by a good eight inches.
The context is important. Utley’s notorious takeout slide in Game 2 of the 2015 National League Division Series nuked the right fibula of Mets infielder Ruben Tejada. Utley was suspended for the next two games of the series, and ultimately MLB instituted what has come to be called the Chase Utley Rule, essentially banning ( but not eliminating) takeout slides. Syndergaard’s pitch in 2016 was assumed to be an effort at retaliation, even all that time later. Possibly it was just a wild fastball? Either way, as you can imagine, Terry Collins was quite pissed.
Deadspin | What do we think of this old video of an umpire handling an extremely pissed Terry Collins? (n.d.). https://deadspin.com/what-do-we-think-of-this-old-video-of-an-umpire-handlin-1826783441/#_ga=2.144104757.1494502170.1530542968-2696393533.1521480551
Also, for those who have never heard the phrase “our ass is in the jackpot” before, read this Deadspin article, and then watch No Country For Old Men.
