Following up on yesterday's post about the Utley case, after charging the ump, the replay and the league with errors, today we add Don Mattingly to the party for a grand slam of misjudgments.
When his two-game suspension was announced, Utley promptly appealed, automatically suspending the suspension. Reports asserted that the suits offered Utley a one-game punishment if he'd drop the appeal -- and he took out that offer with a hard slide too.
So with his star second baseman available for duty at Citi Field, where he has hit well, against Matt Harvey, whom he has hit well, manager Don Mattingly sat Utley for Game Three of the series in favor of inferior performers.
While Chase Utley's lawyer was gathering evidence to dismiss the suspension, his manager made it moot by imposing the equivalent of one. And because Stephen Matz, a southpaw, starts Game Four, left-handed hitting Utley will sit again.
Making it, conveniently, a two-game suspension.
So why do we need a hearing?
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