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Chase Utley Biography

Chase Cameron Utley (born December 17, 1978) is an American professional baseball second baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). A native of the Greater Los Angeles Area, he grew up in Long Beach, California, and attended UCLA. Utley played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies from 2003 to 2015. 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 All-Decade Team for the 2000s. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed.

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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.

Games, Guy, Hanging, Player, Playing, Said

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.

Care, Exciting, Know, People, Talk, Time

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.

Baseball, Games, Hard, High, Play, Taught

I know it sounds stupid and cliche, but I just want to get better. I want to keep improving.

Get Better, Keep, Know, Sound, Sounds, Stupid

It took us a little while, but we swung the bats well tonight.

Bats, Littles, Swung, Tonight, Took

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].

Goal, Plate, Plates, Think, Thinking, Tried

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.

Down, Fun, Needs, Settle, Settling, Situations

It's good to find the barrel of the bat again.

Barrel, Barrels, Bat, Bats, Good

Hitting at the top of the order is a good thing. You get more at-bats. I'm excited to see how this develops.

Bats, Excited, Hitting, Order, Top

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.

Guy, Play, Producing, Running, Shortstops, Terms

I don't really like the spotlight.

Like, Spotlight

I didn't know what to expect coming to college. High school was pretty easy and I guess I expected college to be along the same route. It was just an overwhelming experience.

College, Easy, Expected, Experience, Route, School

You're going to bat so many times during a season and it's not worth getting mad about. I still get frustrated, but I try not to let the other team know that.

Frustrated, Know, Mad, Team, Worth

The majority of the time with two strikes I'll choke up on the bat a little bit to try to stay as short as possible. It doesn't always work out like that, but that's the goal.

Goal, Possible, Stay, Strikes, Two, Work Out

I’ve talked to guys who have played for the Phillies and gone on to other organizations and the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.

Gone, Greener, Guy, Organization, Played, Talked

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?'

Look, Mirror, Mirrors, Running, Say, What If

[Clayton Kershaw ] is intense. He's a competitor. He's extremely fun to play behind.

Clayton, Competitor, Fun, Intense, Play

You try to take it game-to-game and keep working.

Games, Keep, Take, Trying, Working

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.

Picture, Play, Pretty, Self, Wells

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.

Graceful, Guy, Guys, Know, Looks, Play Hard