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beast of the east
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Utley wiggling in the interview when asked if he thought the slide was late or dirty.
guinness77
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Eric Byrnes is killing it on MLB. Says this kind of crap will continue to happen until someone knows they'll get called for a double play if they even try it. He's right. Why protect the catcher, who wears armor, by the way, and not the other fielders? Unbelievable.
Frankly, I don't blame Utley at this point. The God damn umpires need to get it right on the field. Or, how about on the review. Is that asking too much?
Frankly, I don't blame Utley at this point. The God damn umpires need to get it right on the field. Or, how about on the review. Is that asking too much?
I am still pissed. Time hasn't changed that one bit. I want Harvey to throw a no hitter, but miss a perfect game because he drills that little piece of horsesheit, Utley squarely in his ugly face. And if Utley isn't playing, then take out his boyfriend Rollins.
LA will have no answer for the sheit storm waiting for them Monday in New York.
F*uck LA. Let's go Mets. Take this in 4. Do this!!!!!
LA will have no answer for the sheit storm waiting for them Monday in New York.
F*uck LA. Let's go Mets. Take this in 4. Do this!!!!!
IMO Utley is not the villain here, the umps and MLB are. Clearly the slide was illegal, the rule is on the books, the umps chose to not only not call a double play as they should have, but actually reward the Dodgers with some half-assed replay ruling. MLB cranks up the PR machine and supports the BS, led by main shill Joe Torre. As someone said if the play injured Tulowitski there is no doubt in my mind the ruling would have been completely different. Changed the game completely for sure, maybe the series. Harvey and the Mets need to win the next game, payback can come next year. Nothing is gained if the Mets blow game 3 exacting revenge.
beast of the east
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Sorry, I see your point, but Utley slid so late because he was AIMING for Tejada, and threw the same body block that he did once prior to Tejada. Why didn't Tejada take the extra millisecond to find second and get the sure force? Because Utley was barreling towards him. It wasn't the umpires on the field, it was some anonymous person in New York.
How did the video review team not see that Utley was intentionally interfering with the play? I have no problem with a clean hard slide that breaks up the deuce. In fact, had Utley simply slid into second, he would have been called safe on review, and Tejada's relay to first may have been late.
I don't buy Utley's wide eyed claim that he didn't try to hurt Tejada. Yea, and if a fan throws a brick onto the field just trying to scare Utley but hit him, I guess he could say he wasn't trying to hurt him either.
The rule should be revised so that if the runner does not attempt to get to the base and makes contact with the fielder, then both the runner and batter are out. Oh, wait!!! That is the rule.
The only reason Utley doesn't get to second is because he slid late AT Tejada yet they rule that he didn't touch second because he was called out. NO!!! He didn't touch second because he was aiming for Tejada. I hope voters remember this when HOF ballots come up. They made Rizzuto wait forever until the old timers committee finally relented when Charlie Gehringer died.
Wouldn't be surprised if Utley doesn't play in New York at all.
Don't disagree with anything you wrote but Utley did what Major League Baseball through the umps and that hack Torre allowed. Call the double play and then suspend Utley and those plays stop. Instead, he gets rewarded and protected. I don't expect players to play fair or necessarily clean, that's why you have rules. Enforce them and not selectively as all sports due, no objective person can tell me that call would have been the same if Tulowitski was involved. Only a shill like Torre could try to sell that.
ErickTheRed
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Cal Ripken trying to justify that the slide was just a hard nose play was laughable, because I'm sure that while he was doing everything short of being wheeled out in a wheelchair to continue his streak he would of said the same if someone took him out like that a few games short of the record. Unreal
redfanO10101llkkjjj
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That was one of the worst sequence of events i've ever seen in baseball. The whole world will be watching on Monday and I'm sure #33 will deliver some swift revenge. He wont get tossed without warning but I wouldnt mind seeing Utley hit in the back every time he steps to the plate for the rest of his dragged out career against us.
Not as pissed off this morning despite still being confused how we got so god damn screwed by the umps. As far as utley is concerned... Have any of us ever liked that piece of shit? Utley Rollins and victorino will forever go down as garbage people and players in my book.
Harvey needs to go out there and retaliate against their young shortstop. Dont waste Harvey's energy on that old piece of garbage. Plunk the innocent kid and let's ruffle their feathers now. See now angry that gets them when the kid is hit and they're whiffing at Harvey's chedda all night.
Harvey needs to go out there and retaliate against their young shortstop. Dont waste Harvey's energy on that old piece of garbage. Plunk the innocent kid and let's ruffle their feathers now. See now angry that gets them when the kid is hit and they're whiffing at Harvey's chedda all night.
Agreed. Hopefully the Mets are up 5-0 in the 7th and Harvey should let loose and nail someone. Utley is a dirty player and has always been one.
You wonder if the Dodgers will try to be proactive and throw at the Mets first. If the Dodgers throw at the Mets first and they warn both benches it basically ties Harvey's hands.
beast of the east
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Mets need to add Chris Obekpa to the roster. He would know exactly how to get to Utley and in a very obvious way.
Would love to see Utley get wiped out in a collision with someone Duda's size. It would be a nice way to end this POS's career.
Would love to see Utley get wiped out in a collision with someone Duda's size. It would be a nice way to end this POS's career.
A couple of things are pretty clear to me. Ruben was in the neighborhood of second base and Utley should have been called out in the first place. To say that the throw from Murphy was off line and therefore the neighborhood play is off is total BS. 2nd, Utley dipped his shoulder toward 2nd base but then veered directly at Tejada with a late and hard slide that was no where near 2nd base. Again Utley should have been called out as well. The explanations are crap from MLB. Why have replay when clearly they don't know what they are looking at. This whole thing was mishandled!! And if they find that Utley's slide was in fact illegal...big deal....its over and done. Total BS...
I am no Utley fan by any means but I wonder what the opinion would be if a Met had done that. I agree it was a dirty play but my problem is primarily with the umps and MLB not the player. Baseball and sports in general have been full of dirty players, like I posted before, that's why they have rules.
beast of the east
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You mean like on here when CO headhunted. Dirty ball is dirty ball.
MLB is just covering for the mistake made in the NYC video review room. If I were cynical I would say they wanted the Dodgers to win to extend the series.