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

Go44dad10,000+ posts

Originally Posted by JohnF:

So with the Dodgers now out, does MLB quietly make this go away or do they follow the NFL's example and make a mountain out of a molehill for something that's "part of the game"...

Neither mountain nor molehill.....Owners change the rules to protect their assets. If a $20M a year shortstop is out for a year, the game is damaged. Imagine if it was a May game and Jeter was hurt.

10/16/156:25 AM

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