I'm still trying to wrap my head around last night
While I think the slide was dirty, I don't think Utley's intent was to hurt Tejada BUT I'm confused on a number of levels....
If Mattingly can challenge the play and say Tejada was not on the bag, then why can't the Mets challenge the fact that the play should have been deemed an illegal slide for interference or that the play should have been deemed "in the neighborhood"?
I saw Torre's explanation and it was basically stating that both of those instances are "judgement calls" by the umps and once the call is made there is no way to challenge....why the fukk not?
Then, in his explanation on calling Utley safe he says that the ump blew the call so Utley gets the base and didn't need to touch the base bc he was called out BUT if someone would have tagged him while running off the field, he would have been out

pleeeease tell me why the fukk would someone tag him while running off the field if he was already called out???? If the ump blew the call, he gets the base but the ump doesn't take into account that there was NO attempt at sliding into the bag and the clear intent was to disrupt the SS from turning the double play?? Utter NEVER touched the base or even tried to....how the fukk does none of that come into play when reviewing and why couldn't Collins review ANY of these aspects? Because it was an umps "judgement"???? Well it was his "judgement" that Tejada was on the bag wasn't it? But THAT is reviewable.
The rule there is gonna change but it does us no good now. Just complete and utter bullshyt.
I went to bed mad and yes I'm still mad
