Reply to "800 LB Gorilla in the Room - Bad or Good Call on the Utley "Slide" in NLDS"

bballman10,000+ posts

Originally Posted by Smitty28:

So Chase Utley is suspended for two games for a slide that was deemed legal, for which he was ruled safe by the league office, and which resulted in the tying run being scored? WTH? Small consolation to the Mets and Tejada. What a mess MLB is making of this.

I agree. What in the rules made the slide illegal? I know it is unpopular, but illegal??

10/11/158:29 PM

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