Nine years after his no-hitter farewell as a Phillie, Hamels, the last member of the 2008 World Series team to retire, will be honored Friday at Citizens Bank Park.
Cole Hamels, one of two World Series MVPs in Phillies history, will be honored in a pregame retirement ceremony Friday night at Citizens Bank Park.on a Saturday in July at Wrigley Field — and four years since he threw his last major-league pitch, one question is unanswered.“I’ve talked to Charlie a little bit about that,” the erstwhile Phillies ace said this week. “I know I was in a bad place at the time.
“We had a lot of opportunities with postseason games and just that atmosphere of what it’s like to paint the city red during football season,” Hamels said in a lengthy conversation with The Inquirer. “It has that sort of takeover of the energy in the city. I always had that mentality of, ‘I’m playing for the postseason. That’s when I’m going to deliver.’“And I was the center. The game doesn’t start, the inning doesn’t start, a pitch doesn’t start until I decided.
There were also bouts of immaturity, including a late-night bar fight near the Phillies’ spring-training complex in Clearwater, Fla., in January 2005, when he broke a bone in his pitching hand and required surgery. The Phillies won’t lack for All-Stars. Here’s the cases for each candidate, including two intriguing long shots.
The Phillies are asking fans to be seated by 6:25 p.m. for the pregame ceremony. The guest list includes Jamie Moyer, Roy Oswalt, Joe Blanton, Tom Gordon, Carlos Ruiz, Manuel, and former pitching coach Rich Dubee. Hamels’ number won’t be retired, but outfielder David Dahl will give up No. 35 for No. 31 out of respect for Hamels, with whom he rehabbed an injury last season in San Diego.
Hamels never did pitch for the Dodgers in 2021. Or his hometown Padres after signing with them last year.
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