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Last week in Boston, Philadelphia first base coach Davey Lopes said Utley "has been hampered by a little bit of a knee injury." Utley acknowledged Friday that he has had some soreness in his right knee, but insisted it was neither an injury nor a reason for his recent slump. "I think there was a little confusion and a little difference in opinion in what Davey said," Utley said. "In my opinion, an injury is something that keeps you off the field. When you play 162 games-plus a year, you're going to have aches and pains. That's part of this game, that's part of being a baseball player and it's something you have to deal with. In my opinion, there's no injury whatsoever." |
Phillies second baseman Chase Utley is downplaying claims that he is dealing with soreness in his knee.