Comments on: Halladay brushes off questions about his health, velocity

By: professor59

professor59 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:46:40 +0000

Reminds of the ESPN commercial where the reporters were in a conference room speculating on whether Clemens had lost something off his fastball. Clemens picks up one the reporters and throws him out the window. Another guy stands up with a radar gun and says, “96. Looks OK to me.”

Love the ESPN commercials!

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:09:33 +0000

He’s cooked, totally f—- Owww, What the hell…. A baseball just busted through my office window and smacked me in the ribs!!! WTH?!? Sorry, I take it back Roy.

By: El Bravo

El Bravo — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:45:23 +0000

Dead arm. He’s done. Trade him to the Braves.

By: randygnyc

randygnyc — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:43:48 +0000

That’s how it works. The older you get, the faster performance declines. Some defy age (Ryan). Sometimes, it can even happen to 34 year old aces. I wouldn’t expect him to say anything different, even if it was true that the tanks empty. We’ll see over the next few weeks.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:39:42 +0000

While Halladay leads the majors in innings over the past 3 years, he’s 7th in the number of pitches thrown. So the number of innings thrown is kind of deceptive because he’s so efficient.

For instance, Felix Hernandez threw 542 more pitches than Doc, but Halladay only threw 1 1/3 innings more than Felix.

Like you said though the story will probably be forgotten by the time April rolls around.