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MLB's new slide rule passed its first test on Opening Day - Sports Illustrated
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Dodgers' Chase Utley Is Suspended for Two Games for Slide - The New York Times
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MLB's new slide rule passed its first test on Opening Day - Sports Illustrated
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Nationals among the earliest beneficiaries of the 'Utley rule' - The Washington Post
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Utley Rule costs Braves a baserunner against Nationals
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MLB suspends Chase Utley two games for late slide in NLDS - The Boston Globe
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National League Reportedly Drops Chase Utley's 2-Game Suspension For Slide That Broke Mets' Player's Leg - CBS Los Angeles
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Chase Utley's slide against Padres was not a dirty slide, but it was an illegal slide
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First time the Utley rule is applied : r/baseball
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MLB makes new rule after controversial Chase Utley slide
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Chase Utley goes on New York sports radio, fields calls from disgruntled Mets fans
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Chase Utley's slide was dirty. Here's the video proof.
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Chase Utley's relieved 2-game suspension rescinded for takeout slide