Congratulations Roy Halladay

• Ironman92

  

  THE best pitched game I have ever seen. The Reds contributed to it some...but he was unbelievable.
• wildcats20

  

  Said it earlier...
  
  Glad I DVR'd this one lol
• SportsAndLady

  

  Yeah sometimes you gotta tip your cap.
  
  Definitely gotta give it up to Roy. He was insane tonight.
• jspitaleri

  

  Pulling for the Reds here.... but shit, if you are going to lose a game in the playoffs, might as well be no-hit!
  
  Incredible performance, one of the most dominating that I have ever seen.
• Ironman92

  

  The best hit ball was by the relief pitcher who took a ball to RF and Werth made an easy sliding catch....everyone else got down 0-1 and then tried to hit a HR to LF??????????? that must've happened 12 times....any ability to adjust?
  
  There is no hitting coach and no plate approach.
  
  Halladay had more hits than the Reds and the Reds had more errors than hits.
• Tiger2003

  

  Great game by Doc. It's just crazy this is his 1st ever postseason start and he throws a no hitter.
• justincredible

  

  SportsAndLady;509912 wrote:Yeah sometimes you gotta tip your cap.
  
  Definitely gotta give it up to Roy. He was insane tonight.

  
  Indeed.
• jordo212000

  

  Halladay pitched a heck of a game, but the Reds had terrible approaches in this game. They looked like they were unsure whether they wanted to be aggressive or whether they wanted to work the count. Maybe it was nerves? They can only play better, that's the good thing. You can't do any worse.
• karen lotz

  

  MLBNetwork will replay the game at 1 AM tonight.
• Ironman92

  

  No way in hell would I have looked any worse than Jonny Gomes. Not a smidge of adjustment.
• jordo212000

  

  Ironman92;510039 wrote:No way in hell would I have looked any worse than Jonny Gomes. Not a smidge of adjustment.

  
  Gomes should be relegated to pinch hitting for a while
• Tiger2003

  

  jordo212000;510044 wrote:Gomes should be relegated to pinch hitting for a while

  
  To me every time I see this guy swing a bat, it looks like he is trying to hit the ball 450 feet. I understand that sometimes, but damn every time.
• Ironman92

  

  Gomes lived all year hitting horribly located pitches...and he had a good year doing so. No team with any scouting report whatsoever should ever throw Gomes a pitch of any kind down the middle....I don't think Halladay threw maybe 3 or 4 pitches all night over the middle.
  
  Gomes, like all the Reds, has the ability to go with it...but they have to incorporate it or they will be done in 3
• jordo212000

  

  Tiger2003;510052 wrote:To me every time I see this guy swing a bat, it looks like he is trying to hit the ball 450 feet. I understand that sometimes, but damn every time.

  
  Yeah he is very streaky. He pretty much tries to pull everything. You'll see him pop several pitches up the shoot to the 2nd baseman several times here in the next few days. He never really adjusts either. There's a reason he hovers around .250-.260
• Heretic

  

  Thing that impressed me the most about Halladay was the post-game humility. First-ever postseason game, he pitches a no-hitter...and then gives all the credit to how his catcher called the game and got him into a zone.
• Con_Alma

  Ironman92;510060 wrote:... No team with any scouting report whatsoever should ever throw Gomes a pitch of any kind down the middle....

  There aren't very many major leaguers you would want to throw the ball down the middle to.!
• justincredible

  

  Heretic;510254 wrote:Thing that impressed me the most about Halladay was the post-game humility. First-ever postseason game, he pitches a no-hitter...and then gives all the credit to how his catcher called the game and got him into a zone.

  
  Yeah, Halladay is easily my favorite non-Reds player in MLB. It's unfortunate he has to pitch for the Phillies. It was much easier to like him when he pitched in Canadia.
• wes_mantooth

  

  justincredible;510653 wrote:Yeah, Halladay is easily my favorite non-Reds player in MLB. It's unfortunate he has to pitch for the Phillies. It was much easier to like him when he pitched in Canadia.

  
  He is getting recognition now, but just imagine the buzz if he would have pitched in a big market most of his career....instead of trapped in Canada.
• Nate

  Is it possible that he will be an even better righty than Roger Clemens when it is all said and done?
• wes_mantooth

  

  Nate;510702 wrote:Is it possible that he will be an even better righty than Roger Clemens when it is all said and done?

  
  
  I doubt he will be considered that...Clemens pitched in Boston and had tons of media hype(and roids). I bet if you look at their stats side by side for the first 10 years of their career...they are probably eerily similar.
• Laley23

  

  Roids aside, Roger had/has better numbers. 12 Years with a sub 3.00 ERA. Better K guy. Amazingly, Rocket actually threw more innings than Halladay.
  
  Doc is great, but he isnt to the level of Roger Clemens.
• wes_mantooth

  

  Laley23;510785 wrote:Roids aside, Roger had/has better numbers. 12 Years with a sub 3.00 ERA. Better K guy. Amazingly, Rocket actually threw more innings than Halladay.
  
  Doc is great, but he isnt to the level of Roger Clemens.

  
  The innings thing really surprises me...I figured that would be the one category where Doc would be better.
• darbypitcher22

  

  It was an absolutely masterful performance... he had hitters off balance the entire contest and coaxed a ton of weak swings out of Reds hitters.
• karen lotz

  

  wes_mantooth;510800 wrote:The innings thing really surprises me...I figured that would be the one category where Doc would be better.

  
  
  Yeah after I saw your post about the first 10 years I looked at both real quick. Clemens had numerous seasons with complete games nearing 20. I don't remember him being that dominant that early, most likely because I was about 3 years old.