Roy Halladay dies in plane crash

[Pheurton Skeurto]

Grew up in the Philly suburbs and got to witness Doc pitch at the pinnacle of his career for the Phillies. Absolutely outstanding talent. I left class early and sobbed in the bathroom when I found out. This world can be too cruel for its own good sometimes.

[Pheurton Skeurto]

RIP...I do hear that great players get very good sympathy votes for the Hall of Fame if they had several dominating years and their numbers don't quite get there, and Halladay fits that category.

Maybe this gets him in.

He threw a perfect game and a no-hitter in the same season, led the league in complete games 7 different times, won the Cy Young in both leagues, threw 20 shutouts, had 200 career wins, a career era of 3.38, 2117 strikeouts, a career WAR of 65.6, and was an 8-time all star. How the hell are those not HoF numbers?

[Pheurton Skeurto]

RIP...I do hear that great players get very good sympathy votes for the Hall of Fame if they had several dominating years and their numbers don't quite get there, and Halladay fits that category.

Maybe this gets him in.

He threw a perfect game and a no-hitter in the same season, led the league in complete games 7 different times, won the Cy Young in both leagues, threw 20 shutouts, had 200 career wins, a career era of 3.38, 2117 strikeouts, a career WAR of 65.6, and was an 8-time all star. How the hell are those not HoF numbers?

Muh 300 wins hot take

Technically it's 250.

He had 2 bad seasons in Philadelphia and played on some really, really bad Blue Jay teams. He could've easily won 250 or 300 games if he pitched for, say, the Yankees or Red Sox instead of the Blue Jays.