Phillies call-up Darin Ruf

Mashing your first hit, first RBI, first home run — those are all steps toward bona fide MLBdom. Being the subject of some good ol’ fashioned rookie hazing, though, might be the first tiptoe. Welcome to the bigs, Darin Ruf...

With Sunday night's news that the Phillies will select from Double-A Reading the contract of Darin Ruf, who plays to the soft spot of this particular baseball man like no other, Charlie Manuel had to be beyond giddy. But, considering the position he was in, facing the media for the first time since the decision and after the Phillies 7-4 win over the Rockies in the second half of a day/nigh