This is all true but starting the slide almost at base level ain't remotely kosher. He just wasn't sliding to get to the base. It's gone on for over 100 years so it's nothing new but a rule change is in order. BTW there are a ton of injuries from sliding runners every year. Mets were just snakebit because of when it happened.
The irony will be if he gets suspended, which is what they're talking about now.
The only person who will benefit is Utley, because it will protect his coward ass from retribution. He's a bench player for them and it does nothing to correct the result for the Mets.
Get ready for the circus. Looks like the appeal won't be heard today, so he'll be able to play tonight.The whole scene would have been an circus.
No dog in this hunt (Yankee fan)...but I'm disgusted with the demonization of Chase Utley. Chase Utley has been a great player and team mate in his career, and has been nothing but a credit to the Phillies organization Utley's motivation was simply to aggressively stop the double play and his intent was to go in hard. There was nothing illegal about it. Utley had no intention of hurting Tejada and I'm sure he feels really bad about it. Utley may not have instantaneously realized that Tejada would spin and try to complete the double play either, which directly led to the broken leg. The Mets would be stupid to try and get retribution during the rest of the playoff series and smarter to wait to next Spring.
I agree with this.and has been nothing but a credit to the Phillies organization
I agree with this.
He's as Philly as it gets and is as emblematic of the way you the play the game as Bill Cosby is for proper dating etiquette.
This is such a crock. This and the "he just plays hard" line are so tiring and have offended so many legitimate baseball players because they all play hard, and they all know the difference between that and this, which is playing cheap and dirty. If pressed, I think even most Dodgers would admit that. Philly is really the place where players actually think this is how you play the game.just tough baseball.
This is such a crock. This and the "he just plays hard" line are so tiring and have offended so many legitimate baseball players because they all play hard, and they all know the difference between that and this, which is playing cheap and dirty. If pressed, I think even most Dodgers would admit that. Philly is really the place where players actually think this is how you play the game.
I see a lot of parallels in the practice of law. We all know what is above board and what is not, but we all know of a few lawyers who make their living below board. None of us likes it and we all wish there was much better enforcement of legal ethics by the judges. Lack of enforcement frequently makes it unpleasant and unfair for the rest of us who are playing by the rules, not skirting them.
Utley makes his living skirting the baseball rules. He consciously disregards the known risk to his fellow players from his intentional actions. That is, by definition, "reckless." And he should pay for it.
Yes, that's why he was suspended and has the vast majority of baseball players calling what he did dirty and illegal.What's a crock is your general generalizations, regarding Philadelphia, among other topics . Spiking and hard slides have been a part of baseball for the last 150 years. Maybe the MLB will support a rule change and I'm OK with that, but until they do, Utley's "slide" didn't violate any rule.
Maybe worse but no legs broken ... just tough baseball.
Yes, that's why he was suspended and has the vast majority of baseball players calling what he did dirty and illegal.
I'll be guided by that, thanks, internet guy.
Nah, I'll leave that part to Utley.Knock yourself out
Maybe worse but no legs broken ... just tough baseball.
Maybe worse but no legs broken ... just tough baseball.
That's back from an era where Bob Gibson would throw at a hitter's head if they bunted off of him. Not sure you're making your point very well here.
What's a crock is your general generalizations, regarding Philadelphia, among other topics . Spiking and hard slides have been a part of baseball for the last 150 years. Maybe the MLB will support a rule change and I'm OK with that, but until they do, Utley's "slide" didn't violate any rule.