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Howard: Utley’s return ‘bigger than the game’
- Updated: August 17, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — Ryan Howard smiled as he recalled Chase Utley’s standing ovation in the top of the first inning Wednesday night at Citizens Bank Park.
Phillies fans stood and cheered as Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” played and Utley strode to home plate for the first time since the Phillies traded him to the Dodgers last August. They kept standing and they kept cheering for nearly 1 minute, 25 seconds. Utley stepped out of the batter’s box at one point, turned and raised his blue Dodgers helmet to the crowd before he looked to Phillies catcher Cameron Rupp and home-plate umpire Ron Kulpa.
“Hey, let’s go,” Rupp said he told them.
But the roar continued. Utley stepped out of the batter’s box again and acknowledged the fans one more time.
Howard smiled because he knows Utley is not one for …
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