Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Getting Hit for the Cycle

The Mets pitchers were on target today, and Chase Utley was the target. Try to imagine this item from the box score even being possible without an ejection:

HBP: Church (by Moyer), Utley (by Perez), Utley (by Perez), Utley (by Schoeneweis).

The Mets pitching staff thought it was so much fun that they decided to give first baseman Carlos Delgado a turn. With Utley on first, Ryan Howard hits a "double play" grounder to Delgado. But Delgado's throw to second to force Utley never arrived. Instead, it plunked Chase in the back.

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