PHILADELPHIA -- On Saturday evening, a tall, lanky right-hander stood in the bowels of Citizens Bank Park, his blond hair covered by a red Phillies cap. He tossed a baseball up and down to himself, silent, cutting a familiar presence. "No. 34, Halladay," his back read.
Braden Halladay, a Penn State commit, threw out the first pitch before the Phillies' game against the Marlins, capping an emotional night honoring his father. Along with former Phillies general manager Pat Gillick, the late Roy Halladay was inducted into the Phillies Wall of Fame on Saturday, and Braden and his younger brother Ryan sat behind their mother, Brandy, as she addressed the fan base that embraced her husband.