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BASEBALLING: Unbelievably Ugly Chase Utley  

hotfun_1966 57M
247 posts
10/11/2015 5:54 am
BASEBALLING: Unbelievably Ugly Chase Utley

Did anyone see that travesty of a baseball game last night (10/10)?

Game 2 of the National League Divisional Series between the New York Mets and the Los Angeles Cheaters, dodging the rules yet again with the capitulation of the umpires and replay officials at MLB HQ in New York.

What Chase Utley did to Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada in the bottom of the 7th Inning was clearly illegal and beyond what players are taught in trying to break up a double play. Not only was this a reprise of what Utley did to Tejada in 2010, it also broke Tejada's right fibula, ending his season.

To add insult to injury, the assholes in the replay office overturned the out on Utley saying Tejada never touched the bag, which is pure BS! A better angle they never saw from the left field camera shows clearly Tejada tapping Second before making the move to First.

Three problems:

1) Dodger manager Don Mattingly had no right to challenge the call at second, because "neighborhood plays" are exempt from replay review.

2) Rule 6.05 (m) clearly states that a batter is out if a runner interferes with a fielder attempting to make a play.

3) Rule 7.09 (e) clearly defines what constitutes runner interference.

So if the rule book had been enforced correctly, the Mets would have ended the bottom of the 7th with those two outs, and retained their 2-1 lead. Instead the Dodgers score the game-stealing runs.

See David Schoenfield's article on ESPN for the full descriptions of the cited rules.

Watch my blog for a long-promised article on shitty officiating...
Why good rules and their enforcement matter introduction

UPDATE, 10/12/2015: MLB had the courage to suspend Utley for games 3 and 4, which of course, the clearly guilty Utley is appealing, hoping to get it reversed before tonight's game. VP of Baseball Ops Joe Torre cited rule 5.09 (a) (13), which prohibits rolling blocks by runners.

Thanks to the Mets comeback to win the series, Utley's suspension will be served at the start of the 2016 regular season.

I wish they had the courage to invalidate the end of Game 2 and replay it from the double play the Mets turned (granted under rules 6.05 (m) and 7.09 (e)).

hotfun_1966 57M
3677 posts
10/12/2015 10:22 pm
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I know, Sandy. Turns out since MLB didn't heal his appeal Monday, he was eligible to play. Dodgers did a wise thing keeping him on the bench. And the Mets kicked their behinds at the plate, 13-7.


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