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Philadelphia Phillies Will Wear Special Patch For Cole Hamels' Ceremony on Friday

The Philadelphia Phillies are scheduled to celebrate the retirement of Cole Hamels on Friday night in a ceremony, and they'll also be wearing a special uniform patch, which you can see here.

Brady Farkas

Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Cole Hamels (35) is doused with water after throwing a no hitter against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in 2015.
Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Cole Hamels (35) is doused with water after throwing a no hitter against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in 2015. / Caylor Arnold-USA TODAY Sports
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The Philadelphia Phillies are set to honor the career of former left-hander Cole Hamels on Friday night in a ceremony at Citizens Bank Park. It's an official retirement ceremony for the former All-Star.

Per Tim Kelly, who covers the Phillies, the team will be wearing a special uniform patch for the occasion:

This is the jersey patch the Phillies will wear Friday on Cole Hamels Retirement Night.

Kelly also confirmed that the team will be wearing the City Connect uniforms still for the game.

According to the team, the festivities begin at 6:25 p.m. ET before the game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The on-field festivities will begin at 6:25 p.m., as the Phillies and special guests honor Hamels, who will officially retire as a Phillie. Hamels, who played for the club from 2006-2015, is one of the team’s homegrown core players who defined one of the most successful eras in franchise history. He is also the last active player from the 2008 World Series championship team to retire from Major League Baseball.

Hamels made the All-Star team three times in Philadelphia and helped them win that 2008 World Series. He 114-90 with the Phillies in his career and had six seasons of double-digit wins with the organization.

After Philadelphia, he spent parts of four seasons with the Texas Rangers, two seasons with the Chicago Cubs and one game with the Atlanta Braves (2020).

He attempted a comeback with the San Diego Padres but was unable to make it back to the big leagues.

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Brady Farkas

BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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