Citi Field transformed into a jungle set in Queens Monday night as Chase Utley and the L.A. Dodgers were spanked by the New York Mets.
By Robby Sabo
From the very beginning Chase Utley heard it loud and clear from a familiar fanbase.
Only two days after breaking Ruben Tejada’s leg in one of the more infamous slides in MLB Postseason history, the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers shifted cities for Game 3.
The NLDS was now in New York, and Utley heard it from the get-go:
The Citi Field reception for Chase Utley was not warm pic.twitter.com/EmCBhDyLYP
— Jake Kaplan (@jakemkaplan) October 13, 2015
However, it wasn’t until Yoenis Cespedes hit this absolute moonshot of a home run in the fourth-inning when Mets fans really came thunderously loud with their “We Want Utley” chant (video above):
The best the Dodgers could do was split. What will the Mets do with their second home game of the NLDS on Tuesday night?
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