Roy "Doc" Halladay gone too soon

Born and raised in Denver, Colorado Roy Halladay was born with two great passions, the first one of baseball and the second of the flight that unfortunately yesterday 7 November 2017 cost him his life. His private plane crashed 10 miles west of St. Petersbourg in Florida where he was doing a sport flight, Halladay was a very experienced pilot and the causes of the crash are still to be decided, unfortunately the only thing so far set is the disappearance of one of the greatest pitchers of all time. Created in 1995 at the age of 18 with the number 17 choice from Toronto Blue Jays has always been a great worker and able to adapt to improve and emerge in the overall MLB world by succeeding to move from a high to medium release and expanding its own launch repertoire introducing the cutter (learned during an all-star game by Mariano Rivera) and splitter to be lethal even against the left-handed beaters. The blues debut took place in 1998 with the jersey of Blue Jays and its second start went very close to a no hitter (the finish line that will be further ahead in his career). He will then spend 13 years in Toronto, all of a protagonist but never reach the playoffs because of his teammates' low level. Although the team was not competitive, he shines, shines in every way, in the field with his throws and out with his work. Maniacal work so much that the last of the championship with the Blue Jays scene at Camden Yards out of playoffs Roy Halladay before the game was seen to work hard as if playing World Series so that when he returned to dressing room his comrades asked him the reason for such fatigue, he replied that he wanted to be fit for the opening day that would be held 7 months later. In 2010 Philadelphia managed to acquire via Halladay trade that left Toronto reluctantly having won a Cy Young in 2003 and having driven the American League into almost all the pitchers categories over that timeframe. Former Blue Jay came in to make one of the strongest turns ever including Hamels, Lee, Oswalt and Moyer. That year he drove the Phillies to the playoffs with another brilliant season that earned him his second Cy Young award making him the fifth pitcher in MLB history to have won one in both leagues. His first appearance at Reds in the home of tension and expectations did not go wrong, in fact it was only the second pitcher in the history capable of launching a no hitter in postseason, unfortunately for him and for the Phillies were eliminated 4-2 in the NLCS from the Giants who later won the World Series 4-0 against the Rangers. The year afterwards big numbers and still postseason and still on its way a fate team, perhaps the team of fate par excellence, the St. Louis Cardinals who came to the playoffs with an incredible comeback thanks to the Phillies victory in Atlanta all the last day of the championship. Halladay launched Race 1 where the first inning was great and took home the win, was also the lead in Race 5 where on the other side there was his great friend Chris Carpenter. Halladay allowed that lineup full of just one point at the first inning and three valid 8-innings, unfortunately for him still lost as Carpenter made a full-game shoutout with a 110-throw, almost epic performance. From that race 5 began a slow decline of the Phillies that closed their glorious cycle lasting 8 years and with them the sunset began with the Doc causing physical problems that did not allow him to keep the desired speeds, he ended up retiring in 2013 in silence more complete, a silence that distinguished him throughout his career, making him not only loved by fans but also by his colleagues. My opponent's fan memory in that playoff 5 race against the Phillies when they confirmed Halladay's departure was a mixture of terror and prayer knowing the phenomenon that was and the perfection it would have served to beat him. I am honored to have grown up to see you cast, you have been myth for a whole generation, deserve to be among the great baseball games, RIP Legend.