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Scott Rolen will be Inducted into the Phillies Wall of Fame

By Kyle Pagan

Published: May 30th, 2023 · 2:30 PM EDT

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Scott Rolen will headline the Phillies Wall of Fame induction ceremony this season:

Newly elected Hall of Famer Scott Rolen headlines a group of three franchise greats to be inducted into the Toyota Phillies Wall of Fame.

Joining Rolen as part of the 2023 Wall of Fame class are former General Manager John Quinn and former Owner/Team President Ruly Carpenter.

— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) May 30, 2023

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Now, you can boo this move and still acknowledge he deserves to be on the Wall of Fame. Especially when the qualifications for the honor have become a joke in the last couple of decades. During his time here, Rolen was a 4x Gold Glover, 1x All-Star, and had more hits than Darren Daulton and Pete Rose in a Phillies jersey. He’s top-20 in the franchise in WAR as a position player and won the Rookie of the Year. He left on bad terms and Larry Bowa definitely shouldn’t be exonerated from that mess, but I’d argue that’s died down for the most part due to the Phils winning a World Series two years after Rolen won his with the Cardinals.

My prediction for the event: an initial mixture of more boos then cheers with the cheers winning out in the end. Right now I want to buy a ticket just so I can boo with the masses that weekend, but I know when you get in the stadium on Wall of Fame Night and you see all the great players from years past and get caught up in the speeches the good memories typically win out over the bad ones.

Unless Rolen’s statement was a subtle jab at us. Then fuck him: