Carlos Ruiz stood behind the left-field scoreboard Saturday night at Citizens Bank and waited for his cue. In the span of five months, Ruiz had helped Roy Halladay author a perfect game and a postseason no-hitter. Now he was ready to help his old friend again.
“One, two, three,” shouted public address announcer Dan Baker.
Halladay joined Pat Gillick as the 39th and 40th members of the Phillies Wall of Fame. And it became official once Ruiz heard Baker’s “three” and yanked the black draping off the brick wall to reveal Halladay’s bronze plaque.
“ONE OF THE GREATEST PITCHERS OF HIS GENERATION.