Chase Utley Fractured Ruben Tejada’s Leg on This Dirty Slide at Second Base, then Was Called Safe

In the watershed moment of the playoffs, Chase Utley made a hard slide, not even attempting to touch second base, into Ruben Tejada as he spun off of second to turn toward the double play. Ruben Tejada has suffered a broken leg as a result of the slide. To add insult to literal injury, the out call on Utley was overturned on review even though it’s questionable as to whether a “neighborhood” play is reviewable, and Utley was allowed to return to the game even though he made no attempt to get the bag and ne
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