There have been few certainties in Phillies history.
Despite more than 130 years of existence, the Phillies have won just two world championships and have employed just two players that most experts would enter into a short list of baseball’s 50 greatest players. Everything else is very debatable. Pete Alexander or Robin Roberts? Ed Delahanty or Chuck Klein? Is Richie Ashburn a hall of famer? How about Dick Allen? And get ready for Chase Utley.
This isn’t the Yankees. There are no canyons or kempt pastures for our feted names. And we’re not the Red Sox, able to squire David Ortiz around the league for a 162-game love parade.