Roy hallady r.i.p

[h2oya311]

just saw this pop up on my screen. Another person my age dying way too young. RIP Doc!

[barrysloate]

Just went to youtube and re-watched his perfect game, in his memory. What horrible news!

[darwinbulldog]

I realize given how many famous people there are that it's going to be pretty frequent to hear that one of them has just died, but this one strikes me as particularly surprising, even independent of how young he was.

He was probably going to be in on the first ballot anyway. I wonder now if he'll be the first to get 100% of the vote.

[ullmandds]

RIP Roy...what a great pitcher you were...and that was some plane too!

[chalupacollects]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb...cid=spartanntp

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

I realize given how many famous people there are that it's going to be pretty frequent to hear that one of them has just died, but this one strikes me as particularly surprising, even independent of how young he was.

He was probably going to be in on the first ballot anyway. I wonder now if he'll be the first to get 100% of the vote.

Um, Halladay will not get 100% of the HOF vote. If Junior and Maddux didn't, then Halladay sure won't. He had some great seasons over the course of a decade, but with only 203 wins, I'm doubtful that he'll make it in on the first ballot.

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by trdcrdkid

Um, Halladay will not get 100% of the HOF vote. If Junior and Maddux didn't, then Halladay sure won't. He had some great seasons over the course of a decade, but with only 203 wins, I'm doubtful that he'll make it in on the first ballot.

It would be tacky of me to try to profit from his death, but how about I apologize to you if I'm wrong about his first ballot election, and you apologize to me when you're wrong?

[darwinbulldog]

P.S. He was better than Nolan Ryan.

[btcarfagno]

Doc completed over 17% of the games he started. Given the times he pitched in, that's pretty amazing. Such a sad thing to hear.

Tom C

[oldjudge]

Horrible news-God rest his soul

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

P.S. He was better than Nolan Ryan.

In terms of peak value, yes, he was better than Ryan. In terms of career value, no.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by trdcrdkid

In terms of peak value, yes, he was better than Ryan. In terms of career value, no.

Ah, yeah. LOL

NOLAN RYAN
5,714 strikeouts (MLB record)
7 no-hitters (MLB record)- 17 K's in his best no-hit performance - (MLB record)- Photo attached
12 1-hitters (MLB record)
383 K's in a single season (MLB record)
19 K's 4x (Only player to ever strike out 18 or more 4 times)
300 K's 6 times (MLB record- tied w/ HOF Randy Johnson)
61 COMPLETE GAME SHUTOUTS!

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

It would be tacky of me to try to profit from his death, but how about I apologize to you if I'm wrong about his first ballot election, and you apologize to me when you're wrong?

Sure!

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

It would be tacky of me to try to profit from his death, but how about I apologize to you if I'm wrong about his first ballot election, and you apologize to me when you're wrong?

David, if you're still out there...