Patience MUST be a Virtue

Roy Halladay spent twelve long seasons in Toronto, Canada, playing for the Blue Jays. The Blue Jays were actually a top team at one time, winning the World Series in 1992-93, becoming the fastest American League expansion team to win the Fall Classic. But unfortunately for Doc he went to Toronto in 1998, five years after their heyday and things never quite gelled after that. But his luck changed when he was acquired in the 2009 off season by two-time National League Champions the Philadelphia Phillies, and baby, as the song goes, he's never looked back.

Last night, he showed why the Phillies wanted him so bad, Halladay pitched only the second no-hitter in postseason history, leading the Phillies over the Cincinnati Reds 4-0 in Game 1 of the National League division series. Quoting the Associated Press Halliday said ""It's surreal, it really is, I just wanted to pitch here, to pitch in the postseason. To go out and have a game like that, it's a dream come true." The patience that Doc grew in Toronto must have really paid off because Mr. Calm only allowed one runner on base and that was a walk not a whack. A single-minded Halladay got into the heads of the batters quickly, throwing first-pitch strikes to 17 of the first 18 batters. He even worked his magic with the bat when he sparked a three-run, two-out rally in the second with an RBI single.