Chase Utley has the right to appeal. He has exercised that right.
How that appeal was not scheduled for 9 AM Eastern this morning only can be explained by the CBA.
Because the problem is: You have just ensured a violent incident tonight, beyond any remaining question.
The second problem goes back to any obvious statement made on the subject: If the slide was that illegal, MLB has to reexamine the inning in which the Dodgers scored four runs, and probably order the game replayed -- at minimum, from runner on first with two out and 2-2, and, many fans believe, 2-1 Mets top-8. (The only thing which prevents the top-8 scenario is whether Tejada intended to throw to first in time to get the runner -- if he did, the runner at first is out on interference.)
The CBA allows this appeal to be delayed up to two weeks -- but that's unfathomable here. Utley has a decent average against tonight's pitcher for the Mets, so he could be in the lineup tonight.
That guarantees a pitch at his head, and that's not accounting for how many other Dodgers could get conked tonight -- at the plate or in the field!
Mets fans are IRATE. And Dodgers fans, after seeing Clayton Kershaw get the shaft three years runnings in the playoffs from the umpires (including Game 1 against the Mets!), believe MLB is out to get them.
If the umpires do not issue warnings at the pre-game lineup exchange, something's going down on the field.
Something IS going to go down from the stands tonight.
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