Chase Utley better bring LA cops to New York
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That was not a baseball play. You do not start your "slide at the bag that way, the pay back should be swift and severe. MLB should fine and suspend Utley but the league is too corrupt to do it.
I didn't say it was an illegal play according to the rules. I said it was not a play that should be made in the course of a game.
Baseball players are pussies compared to hockey players.
The hockey players union and the NHL know how to deal with situations like this correctly.
It was technically legal, but Utley better be wary in the box and around 2nd if he plays there this series.
It's not legal according to official MLB rules, but my point would be that it should be, assuming intent can be reasonably shown. When you hit the ground on your slide after you pass the base you are "sliding" into, it could be reasonably assumed you are trying to interfere with the pivot man.
It's illegal for a runner to interfere with a fielder who is in the baseline, why shouldn't it also be illegal for a runner to interfere with a player trying to catch and throw from outside of the baseline?
There's not really a rule covering it. Most of the interference rules cover interfering with someone fielding a "batted" ball, not catching a throw. The only rules covering throws have to do with trying to hit the ball itself after it's throw, or a non-runner interfering with a throw (like a base coach trying to deflect a throw out of play).
It was certainly a very hard play but it was not in any way an illegal slide. Even the announcers said that.
He didn't start to slide until he was already next to the bag. Whether it was illegal or not doesn't change the fact that it was a dirty play.
You would think Tejada would have learned something the first time Utley took him out...guess not.
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