RIP Roy Halladay

This isn't a post about merchandise. This is a story.

Roy Halladay died in a plane crash earlier today. He was a great pitcher with the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies. Back when the Phillies were good and Mike Zagurski was on the team, I would watch their games. I was really happy when they acquired Halladay from the Blue Jays.

My first trek down San Diego was to see the Phillies for the first time play against the Padres. I was so lucky that day because Roy was pitching. The Padres had Petco Park configured so that the away team's bullpen was along the first base side. On my first trip there, I watched Halladay get ready up close. You could tell how intense and focused he was throwing each pitch. While he was throwing, fans would come up to the railing and take pictures of him or selfies. I took two pictures of him.

 The Phillies won that game 3-1. Roy had pitched eight shutout innings till I decided to move to lower bowl and the Padres hit a couple of his pitches. He struck out fourteen batters on that day.