Chase Utley authors perfect responses to Mets 99-mph message If Noah Syndergaard thought he was going to rattle Chase Utley on Saturday, he and the New York Mets had another thing coming. Two things, in fact. As in a solo home run and a grand slam that helped fuel a Dodgers 9-1 victory. [Related: Noah Syndergaard ejected after throwing pitch behind Chase Utley] Like he did in last year's … [Read more...]

Noah Syndergaard ejected after throwing pitch behind Chase Utley New York Mets right-hander Noah Syndergaard was ejected in the third inning of Saturday night's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers for throwing a pitch that sailed behind Chase Utley. The pitch was assumed to be retaliation for Utley's take-out slide on Ruben Tejada during last season's NLDS, the result of which broke … [Read more...]

Miracle in Kansas City Billy Eibner played the hero for the Royals on Saturday. Getty Images With some games, the final score tells but a sliver of that story, and that was indeed the case with Saturday's White Sox-Royals match. The Royals prevailed 8-7 (box score), which sounds compelling enough, but take a look at where things stood heading into the the ninth ... As you have already figured out … [Read more...]

Tigers wander into the strangest double play of the season A typical baseball season produces thousands upon thousands of double plays. Still, we doubt we'll see another double play quite as strange as the one turned by the Oakland A's on Friday night. Or perhaps we should say, we doubt we'll see another double play this season quite as strange as the one the Detroit Tigers served up to … [Read more...]

Report: Mets unhappy with Dodgers defensive positioning tactics According to FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal, the New York Mets are not happy about the lengths the Los Angeles Dodgers were willing to go to gain a defensive advantage before Friday's game.  In a report filed Saturday afternoon, Rosenthal says the Mets immediately contacted Major League Baseball officials after learning that the … [Read more...]

Curtis Granderson saves Mets after Chase Utley's game-tying hit We hope you took advantage of the Yahoo Sports Free Game of the Day on Friday. Otherwise you may have missed what was arguably the best game of the season to date.  After the Dodgers rallied from a four-run ninth-inning deficit and tied the game on Chase Utley's two-out, bases-clearing double, the Mets still emerged victorious, … [Read more...]

Mets make first base decision NEW YORK -- Earlier this week, the Mets lost first baseman Lucas Duda to a stress fracture in his back. The team did not give a timetable for his return. They only acknowledged he will miss a significant amount of time. That sort of goes without saying. Since the start of the 2014 season, Duda has been, very quietly, one of the most productive first basemen in … [Read more...]

There's a good explanation for Howie Kendrick's mysterious actions We live in a world that's driven by information and curiosity, which in some instances is refreshing and in others can be a little scary. That's because sometimes the thrist for both can lead us down a path filled with assumptions and misguided conclusions. [Related: Curtis Granderson saves Mets after Chase Utley's clutch … [Read more...]

Mets win a thriller NEW YORK -- Chase Utley is public enemy No. 1 at Citi Field. Not only did he help beat the Mets so many times while with the Phillies, his brutal take-out slide broke Ruben Tejada's leg in the NLDS last fall. The slide was so vicious MLB rewrote the take-out slide rules in the offseason. On Friday, Utley played in Citi Field for the first time since that take-out slide. As … [Read more...]

The Walk Off: Josh Donaldson forgoes cycle for game-winning homer Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we'll look at the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about.  Josh Donaldson has been so locked in since joining the Toronto Blue Jays last year it almost … [Read more...]