When the Dodgers were introduced before Game 3 of their National League division series against the Mets, the camera lingered on Chase Utley longer than his Los Angeles teammates, as a loud, furious chorus of boos washed over him. Utley, the former Philadelphia Phillie and longtime Mets nemesis, stood there, wearing a blank expression.
“He played in Philly,” Manager Don Mattingly said Tuesday. “You play in Philly, I mean, this is the same. Right? I think he was fine.”
Utley became a villain after he broke Ruben Tejada’s right leg with a violent slide in Game 2 on Saturday.