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By: josh q. public on: Thursday, April 2, 2009 @12:00 pm
If we took a Halladay. Took some time to celebrate. Just one day out of life. It would be, it would be so nice. -Madonna
Public Service Announcement: Ok, here we go! The Toronto Blue Jays just announced Roy Halladay as their opening day starter. Was there ever any doubt? Roy Halladay is the hardest working man in the big show business. There’s no business like big show business, like no business I know. Roy Halladay is a throw back. A go back. An Adrianne Barbeau back. Like my main man Leo Mazzone always says, ”We pay attention to pitch counts, but there are a bunch of priorities ahead of pitch counts…What if a guy’s out there, he’s got a hundred pitches and he isn’t tired?” Ya what about that?
Harry Leroy Halladay. That’s what’s about that. Harry Leroy Halladay don’t get tired. Ya heard? Don’t get tired. Since 2000, Harry Leroy Halladay has the most complete games in baseball. Thirty-eight complete games in baseball. That’s more than Livian Hernandez. That’s more that Randy Johnson. That’s more than a lot of folks. He’s led baseball three out of the last five years. A gaggle of complete games. Rockin’ Robin Roberts would be proud. So would Kid Nichols. So would Warren Spahn. Greg Maddux. Those guys there. So would Dave Steib and Jim Clancy.
When all is said and done, Halladay will go down as the greatest Blue Jays pitcher ever. When all is said and done, Halladay will go down as a first ballot Hall of Famer. When all is said and done, he will go down as the best pitcher of his generation.
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