Roy Halladay

The, the Phillies, man, the Phillies had some teams.

The Phillies had this team, God, who was it when they played, who was it when they, when they played the Ra- Did they have, uh, not, I know they had Halladay, but with Cliff Lee? Is that a pitcher?

Sounds familiar.

Cliff Lee.

Brad Lidge is d- That was the closer, right?

Yeah.

Brad Lidge, Cliff Lee, Roy Halladay, Jimmy Rollins.

Oh, Gary Sheffield's a good one.

in the World Series, in the 2025 playoff run.

So people are assuming that he's going to be the next Randy Johnson, the next Doc Holliday.

Like, the expectations are through the roof.

So if you're thinking that, like, you're kind of setting yourself up to be let down, which is a huge thing for at least me, I think for you as well on the podcast, is to set your expectations accordingly, to set your expectations fairly, not to assume that Myles Straw is going to be Vladimir Grove Jr.

singular moment.

And Roy Halladay had a no-hitter for the Phillies on you.

I think that was in the division round.

But the Bill Buckner one, I would think, would be up there.

I, I know this is an unpopular thing to say, but in, in game two of the World Series, I think in terms...

I got to see Roy Halladay pitch live.

I got to see a lot of really-

Yeah

He's the hottest pitcher in baseball, and this is what was my takeaway.

We're talking to Kevin Cash about Drew Rasmussen, and he said, "You know, I played with Roy Halladay for two years." Jeff, Roy Halladay was an artist.

He was a magician out there, and a Hall of Famer, of course.

He said, "There's a lot of Roy Halladay in Drew Rasmussen." That's pretty cool.

And we'll finish-

High praise

But then just kind of making the adjustments that the game kind of demands from you in order for you to be successful.

Yeah, and I don't know if you guys have ever seen this clip of Roy Halladay.

I believe it was in the 2009 All-Star game.

I think there is a clip of him asking Mariano Rivera how he grips his cutter.