Dodgers veteran Chase Utley a shoo-in for the Hall of Pain as he awaits 200th pitch to hit him
LOS ANGELES - Almost all of his old rivals have drifted into retirement, so Tim Hudson perked up when he saw Chase Utley on his television screen a couple of years ago. Utley wore Los Angeles Dodger blue and his hair had gone gray, but his backbone looked the same. When a fastball veered toward Utley's body, Hudson could guarantee the outcome from his couch in Alabama.
No active player has been hit more than Utley, and no pitcher hit him more often than Hudson, who spent the majority of his 17-year career in Atlanta. On his television, Hudson witnessed a scenario he had experienced seven times. The pitcher threw low and inside, in the vicinity of Utley's feet. Utley absorbed the blow and trotted to first base. Hudson could only smile.
"He's at the age where
