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Dodgers Rave About Chase Utley’s Leadership

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Los Angeles Dodgers are back in the postseason, one win away from advancing to the National League Championship Series.

Philadelphia normally wouldn’t care about the Dodgers — a team the Phillies defeated en route to that 2008 World Series title — if it wasn’t for Chase Utley.

But the 38-year-old legendary Philadelphia athlete is in his third season with the Dodgers and although his performance on-the-field has naturally decline, Utley continues to lead.

In an ESPN.com story by Jerry Crasnick, the Dodgers explained Utley’s impact and how you do not want to disappoint The Man.