Roy Halladay

[King of Queens]

Brutal news. RIP.

[Edwards Kings]

From Rotoworld:

Former MLB pitcher Roy Halladay died Tuesday at the age of 40 when his plane crashed in the Gulf of Mexico.

Devastating news out of West Central Florida. Halladay's single-engine Icon A5 was found in the water off the coast of New Port Richey on Tuesday afternoon. He was piloting the plane solo and made no mayday calls to Tampa Air Traffic Control. The native of Denver, Colorado won Cy Young Award honors in both the American League (2003, Blue Jays) and National League (2010, Phillies) before retiring in 2013 at the age of 36. He made eight All-Star teams, pitched a perfect game, and threw a no-hitter in his first-ever postseason start. Doc leaves behind a wife and two children.



There may never be a good time, but this is way too soon.

[Southern Comfort]

Roy Halladay was my first man-crush in fantasy baseball. Man we will miss you,

I'm considered the younger generation of Baseball enthusiasts, never got a chance to see any of the pre-2000 greats pitch. The first Fantasy baseball player I ever remember analyzing was Roy Halladay, I actually even started watching baseball just to see him pitch. He almost single-handedly turned me from an NFL only college kid into a Fantasy Baseball addict. From there I was able to get my wife to a couple games (I'm stationed near the Bay so we turned into reluctant Giants fans); Even better I was able to introduce my father, a 50-year football dad who never cared for baseball, into a harder baseball fanatic than me. All thanks to watching Roy Halladay pitch.

To my first ever Fantasy Baseball Ace,

Thanks for creating a Baseball household

[Gekko]

probably my favorite pitcher of all time. RIP

[rkulaski]

Very sad news indeed today.

I read Sam Miller's article on espn... between 2003-11, he threw more complete games than all but 5 MLB teams.
Loved that guy in fantasy and real baseball. Loved Utley's quote too about the first day he ever met Halladay.

[Edwards Kings]

Roy Halladay was my first man-crush in fantasy baseball. Man we will miss you,

I'm considered the younger generation of Baseball enthusiasts, never got a chance to see any of the pre-2000 greats pitch. The first Fantasy baseball player I ever remember analyzing was Roy Halladay, I actually even started watching baseball just to see him pitch. He almost single-handedly turned me from an NFL only college kid into a Fantasy Baseball addict. From there I was able to get my wife to a couple games (I'm stationed near the Bay so we turned into reluctant Giants fans); Even better I was able to introduce my father, a 50-year football dad who never cared for baseball, into a harder baseball fanatic than me. All thanks to watching Roy Halladay pitch.

To my first ever Fantasy Baseball Ace,

Thanks for creating a Baseball household

Nice post James...love to have you contribute more.

[Greg Ambrosius]

Brutal news. So unexpected and so unfortunate. He leaves a wife and two children. So sad.

Halladay was a throwback pitcher, a guy who wanted the ball for the duration of the game, whatever that was. He led the 2000's with 47 Complete Games and he added 18 Complete Games in this decade. Twice he went 10 innings for that Complete Game. In 12 seasons with Toronto, he threw over 2,000 innings and won 148 games. His stature grew even more during his four seasons in Philadelphia. He threw a no-hitter in his first post-season contest, just months after he threw a perfect game (the second in Phillies history). He won a Cy Young Award with Toronto and one with Philadelphia, only the 6th pitcher to do that in both leagues.

Tragic ending to a great career and a great life.

[morons]

Sad news....Great pitcher. I had the pleasure of being at that playoff no-hitter in Philly 2010....It was pouring rain, we kept telling ourselves we'd leave after Roy allowed a hit....he never did. Best baseball game I've ever been to...and I didn't even care who won