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Old 10-12-2015, 09:41 AM
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Chief baseball officer Joe Torre said in a release he believed discipline was warranted because Utley violated the rule against targeting defenseless fielders, particularly around second base. He cited rule 5.09 (a)(13), which, he said, "is designed to protect fielders from precisely this type of rolling block that occurs away from the base." He then noted the league has been "in discussions" with the players' union in regard to protecting middle infielders, an emphasis that apparently began Saturday night
This is crap. This happened quite a few times this season and no one was suspended. Kang of the Pirates suffered a broken leg on a very similar play(affecting the pennant race and playoffs) and there was no suspension. Put the rule in for next year but you can't suspend him here.
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