Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images“But meanwhile, time flies; it flies never to be regained.” – Virgil
In Philadelphia Phillies history, there will always be the Big Four.
Hamels.
Howard.
Rollins.
Utley.
Of course they were supplemented with other names that will live on in team lore, names that perhaps one of you fancy more than that quartet, but in terms of what they meant to the franchise, the four players that stand out will always be the ones that entered the organization on the ground floor. People who watch baseball fall in love with those players that put their noses to the proverbial grindstone at the lowest of minor league rungs, clinging to those players whose names are…
