"The buzz radiated everywhere.

It started on social media networks around 3:30 p.m. Monday as Chase Utley's name was tweeted in a major league lineup for the first time this season.

It continued when the Phanatic gave the Wayne's World "We're Not Worthy" bow as the second baseman's name was announced.

It peaked when Utley's standing ovation from 45,841 fans, the most to ever see a regular-season game at Citizens Bank Park, seemingly wouldn't end as he stood in the batter's box for the first time since the 2010 NLCS against the Giants.

Utley is revered in this city. By the fans. By his teammates. By his manager.

"He's probably one of the most respected players that I've been around," Charlie Manuel said.

It's one of the reasons Manuel was counting the days until Utley returned from the patellar tendinitis, bone inflammation and chondromalacia in his right knee that had him out since before Grapefruit League play began in spring training."