Utley dyes hair after losing Ruthian-style bet to Seager

The only way Chase Utley was going to dye his hair was if Corey Seager called his shot and hit two home runs in one game.

So, Seager did just that.

"He’s been telling me for the past few months how I should dye my hair,’" Utley told USA TODAY's Bob Nightengale. "I told him, 'Hey, it is what it is. It’s just not something I’m interested in doing.'"

That wasn't good enough for Seager, so 10 minutes before the game, he approached his double-play partner and said, "OK, how about this? If I hit two home runs tonight, you have to dye your hair."

"Sure, Corey," Utley said. "Done. Deal."

So prior to the game on Aug. 8 against the Philadelphia Phillies, Seager embarked on a journey that, little to his knowledge, would be legendary.

In the first inning, Seager homered off Phillies starter Zach Eflin, forcing Utley to modify the bet.

"Now, I’m a little panicked," Utley said. "So I went to him the next inning, and I said, 'Hey, let me get involved in this bet. How about if I hit any home run, it cancels out one your home runs,"' to which Seager obliged.

Utley stepped up to the plate in the third inning and blasted a home run, evening the score.

Then Seager cemented his legendary status in the seventh inning, when he took Michael Mariot deep for his second home run of the game, effectively winning the bet.

"I couldn’t believe how happy he was," Utley said. "I was trying to figure out where we stood in the bet, but I honored it, because I thought it was the right thing to do.’"

A week later Utley dyed his hair brown while Seager enjoyed every moment of it.

"I was so geeked up that day," Seager said. "That was the most important game of my life. Really. Up to this point, it was the biggest.’"