Utley On Track For Opening Night
Posted by Amanda Orr, Thu, February 19, 2009 07:42 PM | Comments: 14
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Chase Utley spoke to the media for the first time today updating his progress for Opening Night.
“I think it’s pretty realistic at this point,” Utley said. “We’ve pushed it over the past week and a half, two weeks that I’ve been down here, and it’s responded extremely well. We’re not overdoing it yet, but we are putting it to a good pace, and I think we are all pretty comfortable with it.”
“I would say my chances right now — I don’t want to jinx myself — are fair to quite fair.”
Posts: 0 Jim
I just hope he does not try to pull what he did last year. I mean he still put up some great numbers but I would rather have him out for a month, and play the rest of the season at 100% then have him start opening day and play the whole season at 75%
Posted: 08:05 PM on February 19, 2009
Posts: 0 Tyler
agreed jim, but still great news for us
Posted: 08:37 PM on February 19, 2009
Posts: 0 Ray
i love chase
Posted: 09:11 PM on February 19, 2009
Posts: 0 Greg V.
Tyler is right about Jim being right!
Chase is my favorite on the roster but his return to the field should not be rushed!
Posted: 10:08 PM on February 19, 2009
Posts: 0 Derek
that’s so chase though…”fair to quite fair”…… love it
Posted: 10:52 PM on February 19, 2009
Posts: 0 ryan
world champions……..
Posted: 02:01 AM on February 20, 2009
Posts: 0 Havoc
Chase Utley is feeling better, and a Blazing Saddles reference. It’s gonna be a good day.
Posted: 02:43 AM on February 20, 2009
Posts: 0 Justin
I still think the Phils will hold him out at least 1 week maybe 2 just to make sure he’s 100 percent I don’t think they want to take any chance rushing him back.
Posted: 08:36 AM on February 20, 2009
Posts: 0 Chuck P
Encouraging news… that’s for sure. I heard that he was working extremely hard… like 24-7… to get back on track. So hard that Amaro and Co. had to tell him to tone it down. It’s obvious that he’s driven. I think that he really wants to win an MVP and that’s great but I would hate to see him rush back on the field just to make a statement… a blatant ESPN move. You know that if Chase is back on opening day, people are going to talk about how hard he worked and how much of a fierce competitor he is… his stock rises but sometimes injuries like that (especially hip injuries) can be tricky. He won’t know if his hip is truly healed until he is able to game test it. He can take groundballs and stand in the cage all he wants but until he is standing in the way of a takeout slide or trying to reach for a Johan slider, he won’t know for sure if he’s 100%.
Posted: 09:46 AM on February 20, 2009
Posts: 0 Justin
He’ll probably play in sim games in Clearwater for a week after the season starts then a couple games with Lehigh or Reading then come back to the Phils
Posted: 10:41 AM on February 20, 2009
Posts: 0 Mazinman
I would LOVE to see Chase’s name to be in the lineup on Opening day but not at the cost of his long term health. We are going to have to trust the doctors in keeping a close eye on his health and putting a stop to things if they think its looking bad.
Posted: 10:51 AM on February 20, 2009
Posts: 0 Chase Utley says he thinks he’ll be ready « We’re the Team to Beat
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Posted: 03:48 PM on February 20, 2009
Posts: 0 chuck S
Chase is a wonderful player and one of the three hearts of the P’s (Rollins & Howard) but whether he makes it back or not Donald, Cairo or Giles can carry the load for him and we’ll still win.
Posted: 08:53 PM on February 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Raekwon
Interesting article. Were did you receive all the data from… :)
Posted: 08:02 PM on July 28, 2009