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Roy Halladay Defends Chase Utley Following Suspension

By Ray Boyd

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Roy Halladay is vouching for the character of his former teammate Chase Utley. The former Phillies ace is starting a #FreeUtley campaign on Twitter after the Dodgers second baseman was suspended two games for a take out slide that broke the leg of Mets second baseman Ruben Tejada.

"If Joe Torre knew him he would know he made a mistake!" Halladay expressed in his tweet as he asserts that Utley plays the game the way it is supposed to be played.

Is Halladay right?

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