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Hard-nosed Utley still has some old tricks left in bag

PHOENIX - When the doors of the Los Angeles Dodgers clubhouse open every morning, the first locker that reporters pass is the one that belongs to the team elder.

The camera crews scamper in the direction of Clayton Kershaw or Kenley Jansen, Matt Kemp or Yasiel Puig, Cody Bellinger or Corey Seager.

Chase Utley, the elder, sits almost unnoticed in his corner of the clubhouse. This is the 30th anniversary of the Dodgers' last World

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