Prospects for Future Phillies Hall of Famers
Another Hall of Fame voting season has passed. Three players were elected by the BBWAA this year: Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Pudge Rodriguez. For a Phillies fan, it is interesting to note that a number of players from the dominant turn of the century teams, including the 2007 World Championship, are becoming eligible. This year, Pat Burrell and Matt Stairs were both on the ballot. But neither received a vote. In the next three years, however, a number of Phillies players who deserve serious consideration will become eligible. It is possible that a few players who donned the red pinstripes may find themselves in Cooperstown soon. Next year, two former Phillies, Jim Thome and Scott Rolen, will become eligible. Those, of course, spent most of his career with Cleveland. However, as indicated by his enshrinement in the Phillies Wall of Fame, he was a fan favorite in his time in Philadelphia. Over the course of his twenty-two year career, Thome hit 612 home runs, knocked in 1