There is no need to be melodramatic, for Ruben Tejada was already that, leaning on his cane while waving to Met fans before Game 3.
He’d tossed his crutches after just a couple of days.
Remarkable. He resembled the Penguin in Gotham.
Sometimes, Tejada leaned on the leg snapped by a Chase Utley slide.
Utley stood and did not blink as the New York devotees screamed for his head on a platter.
He has not played since the incident.
Perhaps he will in Game 5, when he is needed as a pinch hitter and Met pitchers cannot afford to just give him a base with his bruised ribs.
But because takeout slides exist to take out the fielder, thus preventing a double play, it’s hardly a shock when the runner does his job.
Utley did.
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