Chase Utley
Chase Utley
Chase Cameron Utleyis an American professional baseball second baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. A native of the Greater Los Angeles Area, he grew up in Long Beach, California, and attended UCLA. Utley played in MLB for the Philadelphia Phillies from 2003 to 2015 prior to being traded to the Dodgers. He is a six-time All-Star, won a World Series with the Phillies in 2008, and was chosen as the second baseman on the Sports Illustrated...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth17 December 1978
CityPasadena, CA
I didn't go up to the plate thinking, 'OK, my goal now is to get a hit'-I tried not to think about [the streak].
It's good to find the barrel of the bat again.
Before, shortstops and second basemen were mostly defensive guys that made all the plays and didn't really hit that well. But now it's beginning to change a little bit. Now, shortstops and second basemen are very productive in terms of run producing.
It's pretty self-explanatory. If we play well, we know what our picture is. If we don't play well, we'll know what our picture is.
I've always been taught to play the game hard. Baseball is such a tough game, it really humbles you at times, you just have to try not to get too high or too low.
I've said this before, but going and playing with the guys that have been to the World Series, the elite players of the game, there's no harm in hanging around those guys at all.
I could care less if people talk about us or not. We know what we can do here. It's an exciting time for us.
[Clayton Kershaw ] is intense. He's a competitor.He's extremely fun to play behind.
I never want to look in the mirror and say, 'What if? What if I had run harder? What if I had dived for that groundball?'
I really wasn't sure what it was going to be like, but it was everything I expected. The intensity was up. We didn't play that well, but I'll take the experience. I know we haven't been to the playoffs, but we had a playoff run last year and it was intense then. It was very similar out there.
I figured out that there are occasions where you have to get pumped up and take charge, situations where you have to have fun and situations where you need to settle down.
He's not fun to face. I always thought he could do the job. Now that the time's come, he's going to do a great job. You never know what he's going to throw.
Hitting at the top of the order is a good thing. You get more at-bats. I'm excited to see how this develops.
I'm definitely not the most graceful person out there. I've always been taught to play hard. I don't know how not to play hard. But for some guys it just looks easier. For me, it's not that natural.