Jimmy Rollins was a Bay Area kid who grew up rooting for Rickey Henderson and admiring Jackie Robinson as he blossomed into one of the top high school prospects in baseball. So when the Philadelphia Phillies called in 1996 to tell the slick-fielding shortstop they had picked him in the second round of the draft,

There is no Phillies 2008 World Series championship without Jimmy Rollins and Ed Wade. Rollins sparked the Phillies’ offense for 15 seasons as a switch-hitter with speed and power. He played Gold Glove Award-winning defense at shortstop.