The opinions of past and present major league players were mixed following Chase Utley‘s takeout slide which fractured Ruben Tejada’s right fibula.
Like it or not, Utley plays hard and I would want him on my team.
— Mark Mulder (@markmulder20) October 11, 2015
Dirty play by utley
— JOSE MOLINA (@Joeycatch8) October 11, 2015
When your back leg lands pass the bag, it's dirty.
— Alex Cora (@ac13alex) October 11, 2015
Needs to be called out for making no effort to slide to the.bag. Double play. Inning over!!
— Frank J. Viola, Jr. (@FrankViola16) October 11, 2015
Always called him one of my toughest teammates…Utley showing why I always called him a winner!!! #MLBPlayoffs
— Shane Victorino (@ShaneVictorino) October 11, 2015
Since when was starting your slide past the bag OK? I get that you're playing hard but that was not a slide, that was a dive! #cmonman
— Dalton Pompey (@DaltonPompey) October 11, 2015
that was a really weak attempt at a slide by utley😡😡😡😡
— Jose Reyes (@lamelaza_7) October 11, 2015
If that was a superstar shortstop we would have a Tulo Rule being enforced tomorrow
— Justin Upton (@JUST_JUP) October 11, 2015
It bothered me to see Utley's slide and the way he went after Tejada. Being a 2nd base man he needed to think how to break the DP not hisleg
— Pedro Martinez (@45PedroMartinez) October 11, 2015
Sheffield: "It's the intent. … The intent was to take him out to hurt him." #Mets #Dodgers #Utley
— Enquirer Sports (@ENQSports) October 11, 2015
#Mets are heated in their postgame clubhouse. "We need an explanation," Kelly Johnson says. "It's sad. I don't get it. I really don't."
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) October 11, 2015
Terry Collins on Chase Utley slide: "It broke my shortstops leg. Thats all I know." Not happy pic.twitter.com/wM0XSzTi7d
— John Clark CSN (@JClarkCSN) October 11, 2015