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
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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.
The chance to be here for another five years is something I didn't want to pass up. I really appreciate the way things have been handled. I couldn't be more thrilled than to have the opportunity to be here an added three years. I just can't express how excited I am.
I feel as good now as I have any other spring training,
I think the important thing now, getting closer to the pitch counts, it feels like I got something left. I felt I could have gone out and thrown another 20-25 pitches.
The last start of spring training, my (cut fastball) was okay. It just wasn't what I wanted it to be. I tried to work on making it cut more and do more. I think that set (the forearm) off ... trying to make it move a lot, cut a lot. I'm just going to back off and trust it a little bit more and not try and push that.
I've been fortunate with the changeup. I've been able to throw it for strikes.
The biggest thing I've learned is location.
I threw 90 pitches and felt good the whole time. I felt great, there were no problems out there today at all, and I feel good about the arm and should be able to go longer next time out.
I think you always want to have more pitching. There's a lot of things to fill and you have to kind of prioritize and I think pitching always wins.
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.
After three weeks in a cast he was back running stairs and after 10 weeks he was back in a cast,
It was nice to have that peace of mind. It's something I don't think we would have had done if (not for the insurance).
It's nice to have that. We feel good about what we have here but we still feel like there's some holes that need to be filled.