Category: Postseason
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Chase Utley’s late slide at second base fueled a night of anger and confusion…
As I woke up on Sunday morning, I still found myself in the same daze and stupor that I was in from the 7th inning on during last night’s game in Los Angeles. Everyone knows the story by now. Chase Utley slid extraordinarily late and out of the way of the second base bag into…
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Mets summon Matt Reynolds to replace Ruben Tejada
The Mets have summoned a player who has yet to make his big league debut to replace Ruben Tejada on the Division Series roster. Matt Reynolds will join the team in New York and be active for game three of the NLDS, a source told MLB.com. Reynolds is not on the 40-man roster. The Mets cannot place…
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The questionable bullpen decisions in the seventh inning of game two
Lost in the insanity that was Chase Utley’s late and costly slide into Ruben Tejada on Saturday night were the events which followed, and arguably preceded this controversial play. Noah Syndergaard entered the seventh inning having thrown 97 pitches, but suddenly finding a groove in the two previous innings after four bumpy innings. But he found immediate trouble…
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Recapping the seventh inning collision, and what the call should have been
In the seventh inning with runners at the corners and one out, Bartolo Colon on the mound and the Mets leading 2-1 in game two, Howie Kendrick grounded a ball behind the second base bag in which Daniel Murphy fielded and flipped to Ruben Tejada. Chase Utley, the runner at first base, slid directly into Tejada, who never…
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