Chase Utley, strong and silent veteran of the uncompromising way baseball is played in Philadelphia, flipped Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada so hard that Tejada departed Dodger Stadium on the back of a cart.
The aftershocks of his landing will be with us for a while.
It all happened in the seventh inning of a game in which the Dodgers were wriggling to escape from the death grip of Mets rookie pitcher Noah Syndergaard, who had just left in favor of Bartolo Colon. Utley was on first, Enrique Hernandez on third, when Howie Kendrick hit a hard grounder to Daniel Murphy, playing behind the bag.