Voting has opened for the Phillies Wall of Fame. This summer, a former Phillie will be immortalized in the team's Wall of Fame at Citizens Bank Park. And this year's ballot is about as exciting as last night's Super Bore game.
The nominees include outfielder Bobby Abreu, Cy Young Award winning closer Steve Bedrosian, pitching coach Rich Dubee, 1993 Phillies manager Jim Fregosi, reliever Gene Garber, outfielder Doug Glanville, outfielder Bake McBride, infielder Placido Polanco, former Rookie of the Year Scott Rolen, and second baseman Manny Trillo.
You get to vote for 3 players. Abreu and Rolen were easy decisions for me. And I voted for Manny Trillo, because I always liked him. Abreu was a polarizing player here. The statheads loved him, and the talk radio types despised him. Abreu's career WAR was 60.0, ahead of Hall of Famers Yogi Berra and Vladimir Guerrero. In his 9 years with the Phils, Abreu posted a .928 OPS with 195 HR and 814 RBI. But the talk radio types claimed Abreu didn't play hard enough or said he was "allergic" to outfield walls. But Abreu has the second-highest OPS in franchise history.
Rolen was another polarizing player. He demanded a trade after deciding the Phils would never be good enough to contend. Still, Rolen's career WAR is 70.2, which is in the top 100 of players in the history of the game. He hit 150 HR for the Phils with an OPS of .877.
You can vote here. Voting runs through Feb. 28 and the ceremony will be held Aug. 3.
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