Roy Halladay

by **Woody** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 22:43:40

He's from Colorado

by 1 » Mon Mar 15, 2010 22:45:40

your mom's from colorado

by **uncle milt** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 09:42:15

head for those mountains

by **phdave** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 01:29:43

by **FTN** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 01:41:44

naturally we're on page 34

by **Soren** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 08:54:03

1. My dad wasn't born the last time a no hitter happened in the play offs,
2.

my friend wrote:i called (his fiancée) 'Roy' by accident as I was pounding her

by **phatj** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 09:21:16

by **TenuredVulture** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 09:47:24

So where does Halladay rank in the Philadelphia sports Pantheon? I'm thinking about that list that someone posted recently. Is Halladay on that list now, or has he simply not been in Philly long enough yet?

Is it reasonable to argue that last night's performance is the greatest single game performance in Philly sports history?

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 09:48:29

considering Ricky Watters was seventh on that list, I don't think duration is a factor

Roy: #1

by **Grotewold** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 09:49:02

TenuredVulture wrote:Is it reasonable to argue that last night's performance is the greatest single game performance in Philly sports history?

This morning, Mike Schmidt called it the greatest moment in Philly sports history.

It was certainly the most historically significant, but for me the 2008 finale, ending a drought that encompassed my whole life as a fan to that point, still wins.

by **stevemc** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 09:51:15

Speaking of Mike Schmidt, anyone hear John Boruk last night on Comcast Sportsnite? In reporting that Shane passed Michael Jack on the all-time Phillies post-season hit list, John left the "M" out of the pronunciation of "Schmidt". It . . . . . . .was. . . . . . . . . AWESOME!

by **TenuredVulture** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 09:55:42

Grotewold wrote:
TenuredVulture wrote:Is it reasonable to argue that last night's performance is the greatest single game performance in Philly sports history?

This morning, Mike Schmidt called it the greatest moment in Philly sports history.

It was certainly the most historically significant, but for me the 2008 finale, ending a drought that encompassed my whole life as a fan to that point, still wins.

I was thinking single game performance by a single athlete, which I would see as different from greatest moment in sports history.

by **The Savior** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:01:59

We'll look back and talk about this performance I think more than the 2008 WS. Easily the greatest sporting day of my life. Awesome that I scored a ticket for yesterday.

by **The Crimson Cyclone** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:07:34

stevemc wrote:Speaking of Mike Schmidt, anyone hear John Boruk last night on Comcast Sportsnite? In reporting that Shane passed Michael Jack on the all-time Phillies post-season hit list, John left the "M" out of the pronunciation of "Schmidt". It . . . . . . .was. . . . . . . . . AWESOME!

Lots of players on this team will pass Schmidt for post-season records, simply because when you get to the playoffs 4 years in a row (and likely more), it's bound to happen.

by **kopphanatic** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:11:19

One of the all time great moments.

But, Game 5 of the 80 NLCS, Game 6 of 80 WS and Game 5 of 08 WS are all more important in Phillies history.

It seems like this one is more important to baseball history in general than Phillies history specifically.

by **The Savior** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:11:31

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:
stevemc wrote:Speaking of Mike Schmidt, anyone hear John Boruk last night on Comcast Sportsnite? In reporting that Shane passed Michael Jack on the all-time Phillies post-season hit list, John left the "M" out of the pronunciation of "Schmidt". It . . . . . . .was. . . . . . . . . AWESOME!

Lots of players on this team will pass Schmidt for post-season records, simply because when you get to the playoffs 4 years in a row (and likely more), it's bound to happen.

and you play an extra round of games

by **drsmooth** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:21:39

kopphanatic wrote:One of the all time great moments.

But, Game 5 of the 80 NLCS, Game 6 of 80 WS and Game 5 of 08 WS are all more important in Phillies history.

It seems like this one is more important to baseball history in general than Phillies history specifically.

I share your perspective

I'm sure there will be quibblers saying Halladay threw his 0-hitter in a mere division championship series - but those commenters should hold their tongues until after this postseason concludes, because you never know

by **kopphanatic** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:28:10

drsmooth wrote:
kopphanatic wrote:One of the all time great moments.

But, Game 5 of the 80 NLCS, Game 6 of 80 WS and Game 5 of 08 WS are all more important in Phillies history.

It seems like this one is more important to baseball history in general than Phillies history specifically.

I share your perspective

I'm sure there will be Yankees fans saying Halladay threw his 0-hitter in a mere division championship series - but those commenters should hold their tongues until after this postseason concludes, because you never know

FYP

by **GrizzledVeteran** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 11:40:19

by **TenuredVulture** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 12:29:21

Forgive me for waxing rhapsodic for a bit--

One of the great things about baseball is sometimes it's a team game, but sometimes it really is about individual performance. Yesterday may not have been the greatest day in Phillies history. But to acknowledge that misses the point. Yesterday was about the performance of one man, Roy Halladay, who happened to be in a Phillies uniform.

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