batmagadanleadoff wrote: I could care less what kind of suspension or fine, if any, Utley gets -- unless he's suspended from the NLDs and the Dodgers are not allowed to fill his spot. 'Cause then, the Mets would gain a tactical advantage from all of this. Otherwise, why the hell would I care if Utley's fined some sum of money that he could pay as easily as most other people could pay for a slice of pizza? And the more I think of the play, I'm not even angry with Utley. He did what most players in his position would've done and I believe him when he says he didn't intend to inflict the kind of harm that actually resulted. I think the call was lousy because Utley's slide was illegal, but my gripe is with the umpires, who should've called interference, but didn't. I totally agree with this. It was a late slide but he could have reached the bag from what I've seen and his intention was old school break up the DP. Yes, an ump could have and probably should have called it interference and a DP, we've seen it done, and MOST CERTAINLY the umpbraincentral never should have reversed the initial out call. Utley's like one of my nemesis's, I hate what he does to the Mets, so I'd love to call him all kinds of things, but I can't jump on the headhunting bandwagon. If Muffy made a better throw, if T didn't go the back turned route (although I suppose that would mean not go for the DP-which I commend him for), these things plus the lateness of Utley's slide made it go south. Chase might have been surprised that Tejada was going to go for two, considering how late the throw got to second. But, in my book, he was well within his bounds to try and "put body" on Tejada. Does baseball want to remove the take out slide at second? Make it a more cushy thing? Why don't we throw a pile of pillows out there and make it a better experience. The ump there could have said, hey! To extreme! Your out!-Your out! But he didnt. At at that point I was thinking okay, at least we got the force...that was huge. And then we didn't have the force. I put this ALL on the umps.