Roy Halladay
Roy Halladay
Harry Leroy "Roy" Halladay III, nicknamed "Doc", is an American former professional baseball player who pitched in Major League Baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies between 1998 and 2013. His nickname, coined by Toronto Blue Jays announcer Tom Cheek, is a reference to Wild West gunslinger "Doc" Holliday...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth14 May 1977
CityDenver, CO
CountryUnited States of America
Hopefully it's something that we have a chance to get used to in the future. It's fun and hopefully that's something that will continue this year and we can get that excitement in here for the long term.
He threw well. I think it's a relief for him and obviously for guys here to see him out there and coming back.
In the off-season J.P. talked with me about what the organization wanted to do and it's come full circle. J.P. was very honest and very truthful and they exceeded a lot of our expectations of getting guys that we got. I think I would have been interested no matter what but to have a true chance of winning, it makes it a lot better.
In May, the sixth and seventh inning comes and you are familiar with it. You don't feel tired. It makes a big difference.
I had some time off to rest and haven't had any problems ever since then. It's kind of disappeared this winter so that's nice.
I had a little bit (of tightness) going into the first start. It was okay. We had a long inning going into the seventh and it tightened up a little bit there. But it wasn't bad. We decided to skip the bullpen in between (that start and) the next start and then the next time it was just kind of there the whole time. It never seemed to go away and loosen up.
After three weeks in a cast he was back running stairs and after 10 weeks he was back in a cast,
Anytime you do something different, a lot of attention gets put on it.
Any time we did any of those running exercises, it was obviously the toughest part for me. Simulated games later on got a little tough.
That's always been a question for debate. I think pitchers never like to go back-to-back facing teams but that hitters sometimes feel like they have a better idea of what they're going to see.
It's been good clubhouse-wise and that always helps. Later on we'll get everyone in there in the same lineup and it will be fun.
Early on, we thought it was going to go faster than it did. It still shows up in X-rays.
Dye's injury was probably the most serious, ... He fouled a ball off his foot in the post-season.
It stopped a big inning. It kept us in striking distance and gave us a chance to pile up some runs.