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
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.
biggest bring brought city everybody fun guys people point quality selling steps
I think that is the biggest selling point for me, the city and the people in the organization. Also the steps they have taken, not only bring guys in but everybody they have brought in has been quality people. It's fun to be part of something like that.
coming guys obviously relief threw
He threw well. I think it's a relief for him and obviously for guys here to see him out there and coming back.
chance exceeded full guys honest interested matter talked true truthful
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.
against guys lead point regardless runs
At any point against this team, if they have guys on base, it's a big at-bat. Regardless of how many runs (the lead is), those are big outs for you. You try everything you can against him. You can't get a guy like that out the same way every time. You kind of have to come up with new things and keep him guessing. It's always a challenge.
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.
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,
felt florida gone left muscular people point
We had people look at it in Florida right before we left and they said it was muscular so it wasn't really a concern. We felt it was something that would go away. I still felt like I could have gone out and pitched It was close, it never got to the point where it went away. It was just kind of in there nagging.