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Utley Joins The Award Club
myteamrivals.typepad.com - 12/20/2008
Utley Joins The Award Club
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In Game 5 of the World Series, Chase Utley made an amazing play on a ground ball when he threw out Jason Bartlett of the Rays at home plate. Utley baited him into running by faking a toss to first base. The run he saved turned out to be the difference in the game, as the ...
baseballthinkfactory.org - 12/20/2008
Rob Neyer: Explaining some new math
— baseballthinkfactory.org — As you know, I’ve been wrestling with this notion of positional adjustments, which on Thursday led to... the following e-mail exchange with FanGraphs’ Eric Seidman … Eric: Rob, I thought I would try to see if I could clarify the adjustments for you. ... (more) Rob Neyer: Explaining some new math

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FCC gets complaints on Utley's on-air F-bomb | Philadelphia Inquirer | 12/18/2008
— philly.com — It was the F-bomb heard round the world . . . or at least the Philadelphia area.... And Phillies second baseman Chase Utley's use of the colorful adjective during the team's World Series victory parade on Oct. 31 has landed in the lap of the Federal ... (more) FCC gets complaints on Utley's on-air F-bomb | ...

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Utley Speaks…Again.
myteamrivals.typepad.com - 12/16/2008
Utley Speaks…Again.
— myteamrivals.typepad.com — Chase Utley held a press conference today to address his hip surgery. He said, “The pain was... bad early on…some days it was bad; some days I did not have any pain at all...I knew something wasn’t right.” He also said that he did not know how bad it was until after the season ... (more) Utley Speaks…Again.

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