two-game suspension for illegal baseball play is outrageous and completely unacceptable. chase did what all players are taught to do in this situation, break up the double play. did he do what all players would do in that situation? you know, i don t think all players would. obviously, chase utley is known as a very hard-nosed player, does everything he can to win. i do think this was beyond the pale, as i said. this was outside the lines. i think joe torre was correct in handing down a suspension. i understand that chase utley has an excellent lawyer in joel wolf and he is certainly going to very aggressively defend him in this case. as i said, with the president being precedent being what it is, very few suspensions for these overaggressive slides. in this case, i would call it a tackle. but very few penalties for these situations. i think he has a chance to win this appeal. but in my mind, that went beyond the course of action that was warranted there. john hayman, i m still g