GLENDALE, Ariz. >> A 9-year-old Chase Utley was in the stands at Dodger Stadium with his father when the Dodgers won Game 2 of the 1988 World Series.
“I don’t remember everything,” Utley says now. “But I remember thinking Orel (Hershiser) was the best player on the planet. I think he pitched a shutout and I think he had a couple hits, too.”
Indeed, Hershiser outhit the Oakland A’s that day, going 3 for 3 with a pair of doubles while pitching a two-hit shutout. Now 38 years old, Utley is one of a handful of players wearing a Dodgers uniform who is old enough to recall a time when the Dodgers were World Series champions.