If there’s something that baseball fans love, it's a good ol’ controversy.

And that’s exactly what they got Thursday afternoon as the New York Mets beat the Miami Marlins 3-2 in a pretty absurd way.

While the Marlins led the Mets 2-1 going into the ninth inning, Jeff McNeil scored a game-tying home run before absolutely mayhem took place.

With the possibility of pushing for extra innings on the table, Michael Conforto had a decision to make. It’s the bottom of the ninth, there’s one away, bases are loaded and the count is 1-2. It’s do-or-die.

Marlins pitcher Anthony Bass fired a pitch to the inside corner that initially appeared to be strike three, but was ruled as a hit by a pitch as Conforto took one for the team, leaned into the pitch and ended up striking his elbow.

Conforto heads to first and gets the game-winning walk-off as Luis Guillorme was able to score and give the Mets their first win at home of the season.

Though here’s where the controversy lies.

MLB rules specifically state that a batter must make an attempt to avoid being hit by the pitch.

(A) The ball is in the strike zone when it touches the batter, or (B) The batter makes no attempt to avoid being touched by the ball; (2) If the ball is in the strike zone when it touches the batter, it shall be called a strike, whether or not the batter tries to avoid the ball. If the ball is outside the strike zone when it touches the batter, it shall be called a ball if he makes no attempt to avoid being touched.

So as the Mets began to celebrate their win in front of fans, the Marlins appealed the call but were still met with upset as the umpires were only able to review and judge if the ball did or did not hit Conforto.

The call at the plate ended up standing and the Mets were able to continue celebrating.

But wow, we’re still trying to wrap our heads around this one. Sure he could run with the narrative that the ball was inside and he accidentally stuck his elbow out but this is the major leagues. This isn’t the Bad News Bears, video replay exists and there’s just no way that he did not intentionally stick his elbow out to win the game.

We’re sure this won’t be the end of the discussion for Conforto’s elbow, especially since baseball fans poked fun at the situation.