Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Chase Utley turned an easy play into a highlight reel play Thursday against the Colorado Rockies. Down 3-1 in the top of the fourth inning, Rockies pitcher Tyler Chatwood hit a weak grounder to Utley,
On Wednesday, Washington Nationals pitcher Joe Ross sent a foul popup down the right field line in the fifth inning at Dodger Stadium, and the ball glanced off Dodgers second baseman Chase Utley’s glove. Adrian Gonzalez was there to save the
Ruben Tejada rejoined the New York Mets at Port St. Lucie training facilities on Monday after suffering a broken leg during the NL Division Series, when Dodgers infielder Chase Utley crashed in to him in an effort to break up a double play.
Prompted by Dodgers Chase Utley’s far reaching slide to break up a double play during the second game of the 2015 NL division series that broke Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada’s right leg, MLB plans to change the rule governing slides into bases.
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, ignoring the fact that an MLB rule already addressed collisions between runners and fielders, stated that he ponders a new rule while protesting that such a move received consideration before Chase Utley’s hard slide into Ruben Tejada in Game 2 of the Dodgers-Mets NLDS.
The Citi Field faithful let Chase Utley know how they feel about him. So did the the scoreboard operator and public address announcer.
As the hit series Gotham airs on Fox Monday night, baseball takes center stage on TBS with a pitcher known as The Dark Knight taking the hill for the New York Mets. The first postseason game in the history of Citi Field, sure to draw plenty of viewers anyway, becomes must-see-TV to thousands more thanks to a new villain—at least for Mets fans.