Noah Syndergaards fastball goes so fastit can tear a hole through baseballs space-time continuum of written and unwritten rules.The actual pitch that Syndergaard threwSaturday night was a 99 mph fastball behind Chase Utley, clear and obvious retaliation for last October, when Utleys dumpster fire of a so-called slide to break up a double play broke Ruben Tejadas leg and cost the Mets the second game of the National League Division Series.MORE: Steven Duggar Jersey The written rule, applied by home plate umpire Adam Hamari, is Rule 6.02(c)(9), which states that the pitcher shall not Intentionally Pitch at the Batter. If, in the umpires judgment, such a violation occurs, the umpire may elect either to:Expel the pitcher, or the manager and the pitcher, from the game, ormay warn the pitcher and the manager of both teams that another such pitch will result in the immediate expulsion of that pitcher (or a replacement) and the manager.Again, that is the written rule. The unwritten rule is that Utley should have had some expectation that, at Gaylord Perry Jersey some point, there would be payback for a slide that was so lateit endorsed Marco Rubio for president last week. Under the unwritten rules, two wrongs can make a right. Under the written rules, each incident must be taken separately, especially when they happen seven months apart.There are consequences to not enforcing the written rules. It was only two weeks ago that umpires in the Blue Jays-Rangers game did not eject Matt Bush after the Texas reliever had clear and obvious intent in plunking Jose Bautista, who then escalated things with a takeout San Francisco Giants Jersey slide on Rougned Odor, who then escalated things by punching Bautista in the face.Hamari could have given Syndergaard a warning, and maybe a more experienced umpire would have, but its a good thing that an ejection was the decision because its about time that somebody stood up and said, look, weve got actual rules here, and whatever macho frontier justice game youre trying to play is not going to fly.Syndergaard has excellent control, and you can argue that if he really wanted to hit Utleyhe would have. Its important to remember, though, that pitchers do not naturally throw that far inside, and altering the target that much can lead to a mi s, and in that case, what if he had mi sed high instead of off to the side? What if he had decided to take another shot at hitting Utley anyway? These are not risks an umpire should take.MORE:Mets fans have every right to be upsetbecause their best pitcher got thrown out of a game for a violation of the rules that rarely results in an ejection, while Utley escaped penalty for a Johnny Cueto Jersey play that actually did cause serious injury. That is, ultimately, unfair, but there is nothing that can be done now to properly censure Utley for his Wandy Peralta Jersey actions.All the Mets could do last October was to get their revenge by knocking Utley and the Dodgers out of the playoffs, which they did in five games. Utley, for his part, avenged Syndergaards purpose pitch by off Mets relievers.Syndergaard took a risk and paid the price. The Mets lost a game because of itand blew out their bullpen a night before facing Clayton Kershaw. That should be punishment enough.And if Major League Baseball decides to i sue a suspension to Syndergaard, it will be as great of a miscarriage of justice as it was when Utley got off the hook after setting this whole chain of events in motion.