Happy Birthday, Doc

Ghostrunner on First found this 5/14/2008 on drunkjaysfans.blogspot.com [flag]

Thirty-one years ago today, a blessed child emerged out of his mother's birthing sac, right arm first, and the world would never be the same. According to a wank-off Toronto Life article from 2004: Harry Leroy Halladay III was born in 1977 in the Denver suburb of Arvada. His father flew planes for a food processing company; his mother stayed home to raise the kids. From an early age, ... [link]

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Happy Boofday to You
Published 5/14/2008 by Lloyd the Barber (noreply@blogger.com) at Ghostrunner on First
... As DJF outlined, today is Roy Halladay's birthday. Thankfully, he is older than us so we can still look up him without feeling like a weirdo. The Twins have gifted Halladay a start against Boof Bonser. We should all be so lucky. ...

Utley '08

Hugging Harold Reynolds posted 5/14/2008 from huggingharoldreynolds.blogspot.com

Say what you will about the Leader of the Free World, the man knows his baseball: As for his baseball pick, his first choice to build a team is Chase Utley of the Philadelphia Phillies. "There's nothing better than having a good person up the middle that can hit," said Bush, a former part-owner of the Texas Rangers.

Johan Santana's numbers in the Bronx

TheRopolitansDOTcom posted 5/14/2008 from theropolitans.com

Jeremy Cothran points out Johan Santana 's ridiculous stats in Yankee Stadium, where he will pitch against Darrel Rasner on Friday. "Santana is 3-0 in the Bronx as a member of the Twins, with an ERA of 0.79 in six games." Investigating further, Santana's first appearance at Yankee Stadium came on April 10, 2003. Santana threw only four innings in relief, allowing...

Twinkie Town Q&A With Rob Antony

Bleed Cubbie Blue: Front Page Posts found this 5/14/2008 on www.twinkietown.com

On Tuesday morning I was fortunate enough to speak with a second front-office Twins executive in as many weeks. I spoke on the phone for about 30 minutes with Assistant General Manager Rob Antony, and once again it was an experience I ...

The Hardball Times:Walking into disaster

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Happy Boofday to You

Ghostrunner posted 5/15/2008 from ghostrunners.blogspot.com

The anniversary of the good Doctor's birth dovetails nicely into some thoughts I've been kicking around for a little while. Aside from daydreaming about a Rolen-Halladay lovechild of manliness, my thoughts have turned to Roy Halladay's ultimate legacy. Perhaps it is too early, but I'm afraid he'll never truly be appreciated for the kind of player he is. The greatest culprits of Roy Halladay's ...

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