Philadelphia is an impatient city. If the subway isn’t five minutes early, it’s late. A ten-minute traffic jam on the Schuylkill seems like eternity. When it comes to our sports teams, forget it. A few bad games and its panic time.
There are only a select few players who have escaped the impatience of Philly fans. Former Phillies catcher and Wall-of-Famer Darren “Dutch” Daulton was one of them. He was – and still is – a fan favorite and considered one of the best Phillies to ever wear the uniform despite playing nearly 600 games before his breakthrough year in 1992.