The Chicago Cubs could have firmly been in the middle of this Chase Utley debate had they acquired him at the deadline. That may be a stretch, but the Cubs have already been through a similar situation this season. The Pirates’ Jung Ho Kang was lost for the season on a play at second base when Chris Coghlan used a takeout slide to break up the double play.
While a debate is raging in the baseball world on the “legality” of Utley’s slide–which has led to a two-game suspension by Major League Baseball, Coghlan stands behind his slide as simply hard baseball and has “no remorse”.