I was happy to see that Roy Halladay made the Hall of Fame. I was
saddened to hear when he passed away in that plane crash. I had actually
seen him a month or 2 before at a card show, he was there as a signer.
If I recall correctly it was 100 dollars for a signature. Which I
figured he'd be around Philly more since he had said more then once that
he liked the town and I'd be able to get him to sign something cool
another time. Unfortunately he passed away not too long later. Not to be
too serious but thats what I remember. He was great to watch on the
mound. A great pitcher and most definitely deserved to be in
Cooperstown. Seemed like every year he was in the Cy Young conversation
and you knew every 5th day he was bringing it. I saw him pitch in person
a few times when he was with the Phillies. I remember the moment when
he pitched the no-hitter against the Reds (I was in Atlantic City at the
Tropicana watching in a bar) (was a good night!).
I'm not going to re-hash his numbers but he definitely passed the eye test for Hall of Fame.
I
don't have a ton of cards of his. Some nice 2012 Five Star. He was a
big part of that vaunted Phillies pitching staff of Lee, Hamels and
Halladay. Home stands were quite fun when those 3 were going back to
back to back.
Thanks for reading!
That's a heck of a swatch. Glad he is in the Hall but it's sad he wasn't able to witness his election.
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