Ellis was safe at home plate. See my earlier post. He was never tagged out. It’s pretty obvious whose side the umpires were on in these first two games. They also allowed Ramirez to be beaned with no repercussions to the Cardinal pitcher.
Ellis was out. Technically, it was "runner's interference". The baseline belongs to the runner...unless a fielder in front of him has the ball. In which case, if the runner chooses to advance, he may not interfere with the fielder's attempt to tag him.
This play occurred at home plate, but is otherwise identical to a play in the season's last game several years ago when Alex Rodriguez attempted to knock the ball from the pitcher's hand as he was about to be tagged on the 1st base line. You may remember it as the "sissy slap play".
Ellis was out. Period. And you won't find anybody on the Dodgers' team who would contend otherwise.