PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Fans of the Phillies, and baseball in general, were pretty excited to hear the news Wednesday morning that Roy "Doc" Halladay was officially a Hall of Famer.
Considered one of the most dominant pitchers of his time, it was a foregone conclusion that Halladay would be enshrined in Cooperstown at the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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January 23, 2019 The fact that 'Doc' got in on his first ballot cements his legacy as one of the best to ever play the game. He shares the honor with only 55 other players in the history of baseball.
Halladay's career was littered with highlights, but two stand out during his time with the Phillies — the perfect game he pitched against the Marlins in May of 2011, and another game that same year that no Phillies' fan will ever forget.
"His no-hitter in the playoffs," said Jason, a baseball fan at the Oregon Dinner in South Philadelphia.
Don was at that game with a friend.
"It's just a memory you'll never forget," Don said. "First of all, being at a no-hitter — and then one of only two no-hitters in the postseason in baseball history — and you were able to be there for that and share it."
The only downside to Halladay's Hall of Fame nod, as pointed out by Tiffany, is that he wasn't alive to enjoy it.
"But it's good for, like, his family, too. It's a great honor for them," she said.
Halladay's life was cut short when his plane crashed in the Gulf of Mexico in November of 2017. He was only 40-years old.
