Roy Halladay

by **etched Chaos** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 14:57:34

karn wrote:Congratulation to Kyle on his keeping stiff upper lip throughout his whole ongoing life as the butt of jokes

I can easily see him attempting to imitate every single facet of Doc's game, which might be good, its just a shame he hasn't the stuff to even come close to being a tenth as good as Doc.

by **BigEd76** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 15:10:19

Chooch, on Roy's bullpen session:

“Oh my God, it was amazing.”

by **TenuredVulture** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 15:24:39

April 5 can't get here soon enough.

by **Eem** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 15:33:53

Suppose Doc helps Kendrick become a useful pitcher? That would be so mega.

by **dajafi** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 15:49:29

The Halladay as mentor/role model thing is interesting in a couple respects. Hopefully Kendrick grasps that the realistic, achievable goal isn't "pitch to the same results as Roy Halladay," but rather "maximize your abilities the way Roy Halladay has, through relentless hard work."

The first idea might have been what tripped up Burrell in 2003. I remember reading that after Thome came over, Burrell was constantly comparing himself to Thome, trying to mimic his habits and approach and style, and we know how Pat's 2003 season went.

In any event, Roy is a hell of a lot better role model for KK than Brett Myers was.

by **The Savior** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 16:01:33

I'm probably in the minority here, but I still believe in Kendrick and his ability to get a very solid #5 pitcher. I'm drinking the Kool-Aid I guess.

by **joe table** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 16:08:24

Hopefully Halladay can teach Moyer to throw a 91 mph cutter with sick movement

by **Eem** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 16:09:51

I think developing a functional cutter would do worlds of good for Kendrick.

I think it was Ibanez who said that the sinker-cutter combo is the major reason Halladay is so good -- they start in the same place and go completely different ways.

by **Wheels Tupay** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 16:11:49

joe table wrote:Hopefully Halladay can teach Moyer to throw a 91 mph cutter with sick movement

Hell I'd take an 81 MPH at this point.

by **CrashburnAlley** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 20:47:05

Actual conversation I had with a friend tonight:

Him: "Would you fluff Roy Halladay for 2010 season tickets?"

Me: (Without hesitation) Yes, absolutely.

Him: "What about for the Sunday plan?"

Me: (With slight hesitation) Yeah.

For those of you who don't know what fluffing is (totally NSFW):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluffer

My FG articles · by **MattS** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 21:42:00

CrashburnAlley wrote:Actual conversation I had with a friend tonight:

Him: "Would you fluff Roy Halladay for 2010 season tickets?"

Me: (Without hesitation) Yes, absolutely.

Him: "What about for the Sunday plan?"

Me: (With slight hesitation) Yeah.

For those of you who don't know what fluffing is (totally NSFW):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluffer

this doesn't really say anything about your value for season tickets or a sunday plan, because we know what those cost in dollar terms. this only talks about your relatively small disutility for fluffing roy halladay, which seems to be under $500 for sure. everybody has a price, but yours seems closer to market prices than you probably think :lol:

by **Doll Is Mine** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 22:08:22

I suspect most Phillies fans would fluff Halladay for nothing.

by **ReadingPhilly** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 22:19:09

dajafi wrote:The Halladay as mentor/role model thing is interesting in a couple respects. Hopefully Kendrick grasps that the realistic, achievable goal isn't "pitch to the same results as Roy Halladay," but rather "maximize your abilities the way Roy Halladay has, through relentless hard work."

The first idea might have been what tripped up Burrell in 2003. I remember reading that after Thome came over, Burrell was constantly comparing himself to Thome, trying to mimic his habits and approach and style, and we know how Pat's 2003 season went.

In any event, Roy is a hell of a lot better role model for KK than Brett Myers was.

SN: You don't want to be a mentor to the Phillies' young pitchers?

Halladay: I want to continue to play the game. I feel like I'm still a player; I'm not a coach. I enjoy being involved with the guys, talking with them. I don't feel like a coach; I feel like a player talking to another player. I hate preaching to guys like that because a lot of guys don't respond to that. I'm there for the guys, but I'm not a mentor. To me, that's the best avenue.

by **phatj** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 22:31:23

Doll Is Mine wrote:I suspect most Phillies fans would fluff Halladay for nothing.

I think you may be overestimating the percentage of gay Phillies fans.

by **lowcountry** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 23:00:34

Being willing to fluff Roy Halladay doesn't make you gay. It makes you normal.

by **Rev_Beezer** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 23:56:14

Rick Schu.

We've come a long way.

by **Grotewold** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 12:07:45

Rev_Beezer wrote:Rick Schu.

We've come a long way.

I can officially turn the page when we're done paying Ken Howell

by **BigEd76** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 22:45:22

There's no way to bid online, but CBS3/CW57 teamed up with Ronald McDonald House for a fundraiser this evening and one of the prizes was Halladay eating lunch with the winner and 18 friends :!:

plus tickets to a game later that day

http://cbs3.com/press/Ronald.McDonald.H ... 28478.html

by **BigEd76** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 21:58:34

his new house in Newtown Square

by **BassGuiFloyd** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 22:09:19

areas too Canadian nowadays

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