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
biggest care couple emphasis pitches quality sure
Right now my biggest emphasis is on location, making sure they're quality pitches and I feel good. (Velocity) is something that comes, get a couple of more times out and that will take care of itself.
career couple dream finish five hopefully rings series true worry
I think it would be a dream come true to be able to finish my career there. But I've got five years to worry about that and hopefully a couple of World Series rings in between.
couple early felt good health hit miss start work
Physically, I felt good. So that's always a good thing early on -- having the health there. The cutter was kind of hit or miss today, so there's still a couple things to work on. Obviously, you would like to start better, but I got my work in.
anxious couple drag good last month obviously seem stand starts team
I feel good, obviously anxious to get going. Those last couple of starts always seem to drag on a little bit. It's going to be fun, we have a good team and to see where we stand here in the first month is going to be fun.
adjustment couple good innings talk today
Today was a lot better. It's good to get a couple of innings and then to come in and talk it over between innings and to go back out and make an adjustment or two. For the most part, we're real close.
along chance couple excited good guys involved similar staff
It was nice, especially for him. We're pretty similar and it was good to be able to tell him what we have here and to have a couple guys on a staff that you get along with well is nice. I was excited about it just to have a chance to be involved with that process.
certain learning player point starts works
With every player there's a certain point where it all starts to click. A lot of it is just learning yourself and what works for you.
everybody good guys intention personal ready spot takes team themselves trying winning
You have a lot of guys who have kind of been there and know what it takes to have a winning team. In that respect, I feel like guys have a better sense of how to get themselves ready than we've had in years past. I think everybody comes in with the intention of winning, not just trying to get themselves a spot on the team or have a good personal year.
advanced age age-and-aging pitchers spring wondered
Even in the spring when they had so many pitchers at an advanced age I wondered about how they would do,
carry everybody team
Everybody did something. That's a big part of our team this year, everybody's going to carry the load.
carry everybody fact game nobody plays rely team time type year
Everybody did something, and that's a big part of our team this year -- the fact that we're going to rely on everybody and nobody has to carry the load. To be able to see that type of game the first time out, where everybody's doing something, everybody's involved, that really plays into what we need to do all year.
losing moving past point reached start winning
We've reached the point where we need to start being responsible for winning and losing and start moving past the development stage,
gotten longer optimistic quick taken
We were optimistic in how quick I could have come back. I don't think it's gotten any worse. It has just taken longer than we thought.
soon tried
We tried to do everything we could to get back as soon as possible,