From draft day doubts to Phillies’ Wall of Fame: Jimmy Rollins’ journey puts him with team greats

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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. “I’m like, ‘Who?’ ” Rollins said with a laugh. Yes, the Phillies, one of the worst organizations in baseball throughout the late 1990s — and one Rollins turned into a perennial winner.

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