You Can Not Stop Chase Utley, You Can Only Hope to Contain Him

Dave Rouleau posted 4/23/2008 from blog.baseballdigestdaily.com [flag]

It's been quite some time since I've seen an athlete like Utley in person. The guy is just a tremendous player. He possesses incredible bat speed and is rarely fooled. His pitch recognition and plate discipline all seem to be improving to elite levels as well. [link]

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