Last night Chase Utley violated two of the rules of the game. As a result of that Ruben Tejada has a broken fibula, Utley was awarded second base and the Dodgers won a game. Why were they rewarded? Because the umpires failed to enforce the rules.
A Personal Apology
First and apology for bad fact checking. Two weeks ago I wrote a piece about Jung Ho Kang being injured because of a bad slide. In that piece I quoted Rule 6.02 m and rule 7.09 (e) (f) and (g).