Phillies legend Chase Utley honored with Wall of Fame induction - ESPN

Chase Utley is still the man in Philadelphia.

A six-time All-Star and the second baseman on the 2008 World Series championship team, Utley can also call himself a Phillies Wall of Famer.

Utley is the third member of that championship team to earn induction, and former teammate Jimmy Rollins greeted him during a star-studded celebration Friday night that included Hall of Famers Mike Schmidt and Steve Carlton with Utley's Phillies Wall of Fame jersey.

Utley looked as comfortable giving a speech — no F-bombs this time like the one memorably dropped during his World Series parade speech — in the jersey as he was when he wore it as one of the best second basemen in baseball and helped lead the Phillies to five straight National League East pennants from 2007 to 2011.

«You don't really just play in Philly,» Utley said during his speech. «You survive it. You earn it. And if you're lucky, you grow from it.»

He continued: «To me, this city is about passion. It's about emotion. It's about toughness. But most of all, it's about winning. For 13 years, I tried to play the game that this city expects us to play: hard, honest, no shortcuts, no excuses. And you let me know every night whether I was doing my job.

»That's what I love most about this city. Because in Philadelphia, you don't get respect, you have to earn respect."

His plaque now hangs in the left-field plaza at Citizens Bank Park. Might his No. 26 be next on the outfield concourse wall with other retired numbers such as Roy Halladay's No. 34 or Richie Ashburn's No. 1?

«If no one wears my number any time soon, I'm fine with it,» Utley said in a news conference. «But if they want to, if somebody wants my number, good luck.»

No Phillie has worn No. 26 since Utley was traded.