Phillies Wall of Fame and then Hall of Fame? Chase Utley putting ‘pieces together’ on his Cooperstown chances.

Chase Utley got 59.1% of the votes in the latest Hall of Fame election, putting him squarely in the red zone on the way to 75% and Cooperstown pay dirt.

In that case, did the Phillies just give him a tush push?

Will a Hall of Fame voter in, say, San Francisco or Texas be influenced when the Phillies induct Utley into their Wall of Fame within Citizens Bank Park on Aug. 7?

Maybe, maybe not. But if it’s coincidental that Utley will get his bronze plaque on the Wall in South Philly as he’s closing in on the Hall in upstate New York, the narrative is equally unavoidable.

Even Utley is thinking about it.

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