Rose responded by shoving Pallone, earning him an ejection. The two men got within inches of each other and as Pallone gestured at Rose, he may have made contact with the manager’s face. Pallone delayed making a call and Esasky, unaware he had come off the bag and assuming Wilson was out, held on to the ball as Howard Johnson came around from second to score the go-ahead run. Mookie Wilson hit a routine ground ball to shortstop, but the throw appeared to pull first baseman Nick Esasky off the bag. The play in question occurred in the ninth inning of a tie game. Answer: Shoving umpire Dave Pallone during an argument over a late call in a game against the Mets on April 30.
