A Story Forgotten: Halladay’s Reinvention

Posted May 21 2009 by Callum Hughson in , , , , , , with 22 Comments

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Roy Halladay

For a more detailed account of Halladay’s reinvention, check  Geoff Baker’s blog here or Tom Verducci’s article here.

Halladay links:

Doctoberfest: Halladay’s no-hitter in pictures.

The Halladay family is ridiculously good-looking: Self-explanatory.

Wacky Roy Halladay stats:  Doc owns the bottom part of any lineup.

The Greatest Roy Halladay Moments:  In a Blue Jays uniform, anyway.

Better Jay pitcher: Halladay or Stieb?  It’s a close call.

Doc Halladay is good: No joke.

Roy Halladay is baseball’s most efficient pitcher

Who has the best curveball in MLB?  Halladay of course!

Offseason Training:  Halladay’s workout regimen is the stuff of legend.

Doc Halladay
 
Roy & wife Brandy Halladay

 Roy Halladay

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Halladay. Celebrate.

Roy Halladay & Family


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  • http://www.onebigumbrella.blogspot.com MK

    I want to add that while I knew he had been sent down, I didn’t know all the psychological stuff that went on, so thanks for that. On reflecting on this a bit, I can see why he credited AJ with showing him he could have fun between starts. Going through that, especially with what Queen told him, he learned to associate fun with failure. AJ showed him it didn’t have to be the case. I also understand now why he saw AJ as a threat. He probably feels in the back of his head that failure is always just around the corner and he has to stay vigilant to make sure that doesn’t happen.

    I still believe he was jobbed of the Cy Young last year, in no small part because Cliff Lee was also a feel-good story. I can understand the logic of wanting to give it to Grienke, as a reward of sorts for going through that and surviving. But it would be criminal if Doc only got to win once when he’s the best pitcher in baseball.

  • Eric

    If Grienke falters at some point this season, Doc will be there to grab the Cy. As it is, Zack’s the clear #1 choice.

  • Roman

    Wow, this article was totally EPIC. I had fun reading it. Thank you.

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  • Gilad

    wow, this is great – never knew he was rebuilt.

  • Doug

    Good article, I also enjoyed reading it in the newspaper where this was ripped from

  • Merrill

    Thanks, great stuff.

    Hey, though, a few news flashes:

    April 5th is actually before May 21st on the calendar (as well as in real time). Since you couldn’t possibly have written about Roy Halladay joining the Phillies in May, 2009, and since the SI publication date of April 5th, 2010 is 5-6 months after the trade, at best (no clue when it went down, don’t care, just know Doc is great and really enjoyed reading the story), it does seem rather improbable for there to have been an 11-month lag between any of these stories.

    Oh, and yeah, one more thing:

    Using quotes while you’re writing about what someone generally is taken to mean the aforementioned someone actually said the thing within the quotes, unless the quotes are used in the following way: That’s the meaning of “quote.” That’s why they’re called “quote marks.”

    You seem, above, to be implying that Geoff wrote words to the effect that you, and I quote, “lift liberally” from Verducci in this blog post.

    Unless Geoff changed his post, a quick re-read will show you that this is not true.

    If you’re just using the quote marks as a stylistic gimmick, then you should, um, stop doing that.

    Thirdly, Callum, I just want to say that it’s not only legal, but in good taste, to give credit where credit is due. Always, always, always attribute everything, everything, everything (everything, at least, that didn’t come out of your fervid brain).

    That is the first lesson of journalism–one you should have learned in middle-school English writing courses. Frankly, I blame our dumbed-down, lowest-common-denominator education system for obviously having utterly failed you.

    Just sayin’…

  • http://www.twitter.com/callumhughson Callum Hughson

    Wow. What a doozy of a comment. Between the news flashes and journalism lessons, I don’t know where to begin. I suppose it is best to do it chronologically, so I’ll begin with the news flashes.

    Here’s a news flash for you: May 21st 2009 is before April 5th 2010. You will notice that the update is separate from the post. Any updates or edits after-the-fact to our posts are documented and we are consistent with that practice on this site.

    Regarding quotes, you are right. Thanks for the refresher course. You will notice that when we use quotation marks it is to be inferred that someone actually said something in between those marks. When we use blockquotes it is inferred that the material contained within has been gleaned from an outside source. This is a common practice in the blogosphere since bloggers do not have the same access to key players like accredited media do. It is very kind of you to give style tips, but we’ll, um, keep doing what we’re doing.

    Above I am implying that Geoff wrote words to the effect that this post “lifted liberally” (and I quote) from the Verducci article because that’s what he did. Since then he has corrected it after we discussed the quote in question. Either that or he did it after reading this post over at Walkoff Walk.

    In regards to giving credit, when doing research for this post, nowhere was there material written by Geoff on this topic. Though he claims to have written this post “word-for-word” (and I quote) I can’t find it anywhere (apologies, I don’t have access to the Star archives). Since he feels so strongly about it, he probably is responsible for a quote or 2 so I’ve given him credit in the addendum. Baker is a fine writer and I enjoyed reading him when he was in Toronto. That being said, during his time in Toronto he was one of many great beat writers and he was not the only one in on this story. To claim sole proprietorship to this topic is silly.

    If you have a look around our site, you will see that we give credit to MSM and bloggers alike whenever possible. We chafe at the notion that we copy and paste articles and pass it off as our own. In fact we are diametrically opposed to it. This post is research-based – not an opinion piece – so I have to get my material from outside sources. Anyone who thinks that I am responsible for interviewing Marty Peavey and Mark Teixeira has to be pretty thick.

    Ah, the education system failing me. I was taking you seriously until that one. For someone who purports to be qualified to give lessons in journalism, you should know that to maintain any sort of credibility you simply must avoid the fallacy of the sweeping or hasty generalization as well as the irrelevant conclusion. The first lesson in life (apart from the golden rule) is to never make assumptions. I suppose your parents failed you in that regard, and perhaps others. Just sayin’…

    Thanks for stopping by.

  • Josh

    What a despicable piece of writing.

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  • Lesterhess302

    Roy halladay is beastly amazing and I am his biggest fan!!!!