![]() This is a time when no one should overlook that Rolen made a point of saying, on the podium this summer in Cooperstown, that none of this would have been possible without his years in Philadelphia. This is a time to recognize the reasons the Phillies are honoring a player who redefined the standard of defensive greatness at his position. This is a time to be appreciative of a special player who was one of the best third basemen in history. … Forget that this guy chose to enter the Hall of Fame this summer as a St. ![]() … Forget that the Phillies then traded him, before the 2002 trade deadline, amid mounting sports-talk-show messiness and tension with his manager, Phillies icon Larry Bowa. OK, so here’s my advice to those fans, as a native Philadelphian:įorget that Rolen wouldn’t sign a contract 21 years ago. … I’m hoping that when the time comes for the ceremony, they’ll be thinking more about what he did here, what he meant to us as an organization.” I’m not going to tell you that there’s no possibility (Rolen will get booed). “I’m not going to tell you that,” said the Phillies’ managing general partner, John Middleton, a man who acknowledges he pushed hard for Rolen’s Wall of Fame moment. But is that impossible? It’s Philadelphia, so … It’s preposterous to think that any fan base - even the proud, demanding fans of Philadelphia - would want to embrace the embarrassment of booing a returning Hall of Famer.
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