Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell, reminding you that that is one win down, 10 to go.
The slide
Let's get right to it. What happened during that play in the seventh, when Chase Utley’s slide took out Ruben Tejada, breaking Tejada’s leg and allowing a run to score and keeping the inning alive? Here are some answers:
---Was it a clean play? To me, a dirty play is when someone is intentionally trying to hurt someone. Utley was not trying to hurt Tejada, he was trying to break up the double play.