Mets fans were sick of hearing Joe Torre’s measured explanation: They’re bypassing the middle man and lobbying directly to Rob Manfred.
Shortly after the take-out slide heard ’round the world, enraged Mets fans stopped yelling at their TV for a moment to create and sign a change.com petition to suspend Chase Utley.
The Dodgers second baseman and longtime Mets killer took the exaggerated label a bit too far Saturday night in the seventh inning of Game 2 of the NLDS, when his slide into Ruben Tejada at second base was more akin to a tackle.