Welcome a new contributor to Phillies Nation, Brendan Sample. He writes this piece about the current Phillies’ policy with retired numbers, and how it may have to change with the upcoming retirements of recent notables.
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As the longest tenured single-name franchise in baseball, the Phillies have had thousands of players make an appearance in some capacity, with some of them ranking among the best to ever play the game. Despite over 130 years of existence, however, one thing that the team is lacking in, compared to other historic franchises, is retired numbers.