I’m not sure I’ll be able to handle this. I’m waiting for tomorrow’s Inquirer to have a one-sentence Thank You to Philly from the Utleys. It’s what Chase would have wanted. And Chooch, too.
“Definitely we’re going to miss him,” Ruiz said. “[Wednesday] and today it was real sad. I just said, ‘Good luck and I wish you the best.’ We played together for a long time, and we had some great moments in this organization. Personally, it was tough [to see him go].”
I thought I’d be over it by now. I’m not.
via Philly.com
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We love you Chase! You will be missed! ??? Thank you for all the great years of baseball you gave us. Good luck!!! I will now be a Dodgers fan!