There are standoffs and staredowns fairly regularly in baseball nowadays. Usually at least once a year. The premise is simple: each team selects an emissary to continue standing by the dugout after the national anthem is over. The first person to go in the dugout loses. THE STAKES HAVE NEVER BEEN LOWER. On Friday, the Phillies and Nationals got into it:
Nationals, Phillies players had a good, old-fashioned national anthem standoff
TWO MEN ENTER. They ... both leave, eventually.
Bill Hanstock is a writer, author and Emmy Award-winning producer. He began writing for SB Nation in 2011.
