The New York Mets' majority owner, Fred Wilpon, has a reported net worth of $500 million.
But on Saturday night, the Mets were not owned by a suit who made their profits from real estate development.
No, the Mets were owned by former Phillies second baseman and current Los Angelers Dodger Chase Utley.
At least according to the Mets' Wikipedia page.
@amyfadoolCSN Wikipedia right now. #owned pic.twitter.com/fmG7WeBo3y— Cartoon Dave (@DaveMuscarella) May 29, 2016
Utley, who has become one of the greatest villians in New York sports of recent memory, made his return to Citi Field this weekend after breaking Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada's leg with a hard, controversial slide into second base successfully breaking up a double play during the postseason. On Friday night, the 37-year-old delivered a three-run game-tying double in the ninth inning, athough the Dodgers fell to New York, 6-5, after Curtis Granderson hit a walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth.
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But on Saturday night, Utley's legend grew even stronger in the Dodgers' 9-1 win. Utley was thrown at — and missed — by Mets starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard, who was subsequently ejected from the ballgame, in the third inning. In his next at-bat during a scoreless game, Utley took New York reliever Logan Verrett deep to give L.A. a 1-0 lead.
It gets better. Coming to bat with the bases loaded and a 2-0 lead in the seventh, Utley entered the batter's box serenaded with boos from the Mets' faithful only to hit a grand slam. You can watch it all right here.
Owning the Mets is nothing new for Utley, however. The second baseman has 33 home runs, 113 RBIs and a .283 average in his career against New York. We love Utley in Philadelphia because he plays the game hard, was a key member of the Phillies' 2008 World Series team and he kills the Mets. Remember this one from 2007?
What will Utley do as an encore on Sunday Night Baseball? We will all be watching because some of us won't be able to catch Game of Thrones live because we work.
Remember, no spoilers. And plus, Utley owning the Mets is a better storyline than any TV show can give us.
