Article: Taking a back seat; Late-arriving Rollins benched [Derived headline]

Taking a back seat

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STAFF WRITER

NEW YORK -- When the first team bus pulled into Shea Stadium, many Phillies players already had arrived for a 12:10 matinee that would decide first place in the National League East.

When the second and final bus arrived, the entire traveling party had arrived ... minus a certain reigning league MVP.

Jimmy Rollins, who opted to find his own way from Manhattan to Queens, was stuck in traffic.

Give or take a few minutes, J-Roll finally arrived around 11 a.m., an hour after the last bus arrived.

Unhappy ...

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