Deveney: Chase Utley just keeps busting his tail off
Published 5/14/2008 by Sean Deveney at SportingNews.com Baseball News and Exclusive Analysis
Even as sweet-swinging Chase Utley breaks out as an MVP candidate, he plays with the fearless abandon of a player scrapping for his big league life.
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