Chase Utley’s two-game suspension for takeout slide dropped by MLB

Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Chase Utley will not serve the two-game suspension handed out by Major League Baseball following his vicious take-out slide in last year's NLDS. Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times first reported Sunday morning that the suspension had been dropped by the league, freeing Utley to play right away on opening day. Source: Chase Utley will not serve any suspension. He had appealed 2-game suspension for slide into Ruben Tejada in NLDS. #Dodgers #Mets — Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) March 6, 2016 Joe Torre, MLB's chief baseball officer and the man responsible for handing out such punishments, has since confirmed the report, telling Joel Sherman of the New York Post that the inconsistency in baseball's sliding rules made the punishment too harsh. [ 2016 Yahoo Fantasy Baseball is open for business. Sign up now ]