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If the chance is there where the situation doesn't hurt him Harvey is drilling him.
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when you look at replay tejada's foot was slightly short of bag at first and he knew it, he then when going to release ball at same time he felt for bag and side of foot hit bag, thats how he was able to get something on throw, as a former SS thats how we do it, you don't have to step on bag as long as there is contact, side of foot hit side of bag.
...no, you're wrong again...what do you mean "thats how he was able to get something on throw" ? ....if you look again, you'll see that there was no throw !
...and there was no contact with the bag, on top or on the side.
secondly, the rule we went by, utley must be able to have touched bag/ hand or leg over bag before you break up DP, in order to protect the mid fielder because they are vulnerable,, thats why they put this in effect to do exactly that, utley went right after tejada, hardnosed play my azz, that was me with broken leg or not i would have gone after utley and cracked his head open
...for the second time, read the rule book...the 2B Ump ruled he WAS in reach of the bag...and the refs reviewed it again and came to the same decision. What Utley did was within the rules of the game.
my day it would have been an automatic DP , tying run would have never scored or any other for that matter, unless rules have been changed, which i don't believe, it has to be in place to protect the infielder.
...again, you obviously are not well versed on the rule book concerning this play....and please just stop with the "in my day" routine...this isn't your day...and what you claim happened in your supposed glory days has nothing to do with this.
...The Ump, at his discretion, has the right to declare a DP on plays such as this but he didn't and again, even after getting together with the other Umps they decided that not only was it not an automatic DP, they also ruled Utley safe at 2B...and he was.
The play gets looked at two ways. Dodger fans love it and Met fans are furious. Francesa is taking some angry calls this morning which is understandable. The biggest tragedy is a kid ends up with a broken leg. On retaliation it maybe should've happened last night as benches could be warned prior to tomorrow's game. Plus, when does Utley play again? Either way I put the chances of benches clearing at some point at 60%.
Also, I'd find a warning prior to the game complete nonsense.
...but therein lies the problem...there is no "neighborhood" rule...it's something the Umps started giving years ago, and by the letter of the rules, it's wrong.10 out of 10 times that's ruled as a neighborhood play & he's out, granted his foot may have been inches off the bag but I've seen plays where a guy making the play was no where near the bag that was called out on the neighborhood play.
Neighborhood plays are NOT reviewable but the umpires in this case ruled that it was a force play & not a reviewable play therefor giving them the right to over turn it. What bugged me was Collins have every right to have the play reviewed after Mattingly did to show that Utley never touch the bag & he didn't challenge it. How the hell could a player be safe without ever touching the bag. BULLSHIT!
As far as Monday's game, the first time Utley gets up I'm drilling the son of a bitch in the ribs.
...Rick, as far as Utley getting drilled, i agree it's gonna happen sooner or later but I hope the Mets use common sense as to when they decide to do it. May be the very first pitch Utley sees or it could comes later in the game or the series.
...stop whining about your plight...you made it into what it is...if you wanna leave, fine. I you wanna stay, grow a thicker skin and stop threatening to leave whenever someone disagrees with you.
I believe when Tejada took the relay he pretty much had his back to the bag, I don't think he even saw Utley coming before he was blindsided.
