Anthony Rendon may just have saved Major League Baseball going forward, for now...

You've probably obviously heard the situation and seen the call.

Runner on first for Washington, seventh inning, Nationals up a run, 3-2, in Game 6, a game they must win.

Trea Turner up to bat, and here's the Jomboy video on the call:


Turner is called out for being out of the baseline and interfering with the throw, even though the throw had no chance to beat him OR be caught by the first baseman for the Astros.

In fact, the FOX announcers admit that the play to make is to bean the runner and hope you get the interference call.

Dave Martinez has one argument on the play just afterward.

A replay is then called for, and New York takes an eon to uphold the call.  An eon during which Turner is caught on-mic spotting Joe Torre, the Chief Baseball Officer of Major League Baseball, and stating that Torre wanted no part of the call and wanted the call to stand, ducking his head when Torre was clear that the Nationals dugout caught him.

And then THIS happens, which probably saves MLB a clean rigging discussion, at least for the moment.  Anthony Rendon...


Nationals win 7-2, Game 7 tomorrow night -- and the future of baseball, for the moment, probably breathes a sigh of relief.

But there is one caveat:  Martinez was ejected after the top of the seventh and had to be hard-physical restrained as he was.  Did Martinez do enough to get himself suspended from Game 7?