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Graph of the Intermittent Time Period

A doff of the ballcap to Corinne for the inspiration:

The September race I'm watching — August 7 (Utley's return): Utley .529 OPS, Cesar .714 OPS Today: Utley .657, Cesar .686

— Corinne (@Ut26) September 6, 2015

We ruffled a few feathers over the summer, calling Cesar Hernandez’s hot-hitting a mirage. I even proclaimed Chase Utley — with the assumption that he would have remained with the Phillies — would reclaim his job at second base from Hernandez:

It's gonna be great when Cesar Hernandez's 85 MPH line drives stop finding holes, he hits .