What looked like a routine fly ball turned into chaos, confusion, and a protest that refused to end quietly.

On August 21, 1979, the Mets were one out away from a 5–0 shutout when Houston’s Jeff Leonard flew out to center field—or so everyone thought. Moments later, that same at-bat was erased, replayed twice, and complicated by missing fielders, disputed rulings, and heated arguments that brought players back from the clubhouse. All-in-all, Leonard’s attempts included two fly outs and a single. When it was over, Pete Falcone somehow still had a shutout—and baseball had one of its strangest endings.