Noah Syndergaard was looking for some revenge on Saturday night.

New York Mets fans were cheesed at Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Chase Utley when he broke infielder Ruben Tejada’s leg on an illegal slide during last season’s NLDS. Utley, whose collision caused the MLB to adopt a new slide rule, was sent death threats as a result of the play.

The Mets faced the Dodgers on Saturday, and pitcher Noah Syndergaard looked to retaliate. In the third inning, he threw a pitch behind Utley, either in an attempt to hit him, or at the very least send a clear message. Umpire Adam Hamari had no patience for Syndergaard’s antics and ejected the pitcher immediately. Mets manager Terry Collins went ballistic at the call and was ejected himself for arguing the decision.

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Mets fans were livid with the call, but Hamari did the right thing to eject Syndergaard before anything escalated further. Yes, he didn’t actually hit Utley, but the intent was there. Getting revenge by hitting batters is a silly unwritten rule. You want to show a team you’re pissed, give them a free baserunner!

Utley should be hated by Mets fans for what he did to Tejada, but sending him death threats and trying to hurt him doesn’t equal the score – it’s worse than what he did initially. Syndergaard wanted to hurt Utley and that mindset of revenge certainly warrants an ejection.

UPDATE- Welp, maybe the Mets shouldn’t have pissed Chase Utley off… he hit a grand slam in the seventh inning:

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