Four years before his MLB debut, Phil Gosselin sat in the nosebleeds section of Citizens Bank Park and pictured his future.
The Malvern Prep graduate was still a sophomore at the University of Virginia with lofty goals. But as he watched his favorite team, the Philadelphia Phillies, play in the 2009 World Series against the New York Yankees, Gosselin made it his mission to play in that stadium one day.
“I never thought I’d be able to play for the Phillies,” Gosselin told Phillies Nation. “But through hard work and luck, I got there. I’m definitely very thankful for the couple of years I spent there.