Halladay A Hero In Philly

While I was watching Roy Halladay's post season no hitter against the Cincinnati Reds I kept reminding my seven year old son who happens to be a big Halladay fan that he is witnessing something extremely rare in baseball. I told my son that I have never seen a post season no hitter and the only one that was thrown, Don Larsen's perfect game, his grandfather was 19.

It was a great baseball moment shared with my son.

By the way, there was a Dallas Green sighting in Philly who may be the only individual who witnessed Halladay's no hitter and Don Larsen's perfect game in person. (Thanks CSN Philly)



And here's a morning after report from NBC 10 Philadelphia.

BREAKING: Halladay's First Start Goes Well, No-Hits Reds

Roy Halladay's first post-season start went pretty well...

Halladay no-hit the Cincinnati Reds on 104 pitches- 79 of them strikes...

His ninth inning was fairly tame in the 4-0 shutout...

Ramon Hernandez pinch-hitting appearance was a pop up to Chase Utley.
Miguel Cairo popped up into foul ground to third baseman Wilson Valdez.
Brandon Phillips then grounded out weakly to Ryan Howard to seal the deal...

By the way, it's the first post-season no-hitter since Don Larsen in the 1956 World Series... not bad...

The Phillies opened the scoring with a Chase Utley fly ball scored Shane Victorino in the first inning. Victorino had doubled and stolen third.

The Phils then chased Reds starter Edinson Volquez from the game in the second, when Halladay drove in a run. Victorino drove home two more with another single.

More when we know more...

Here's the post game comments from Roy Halladay following his post season pitching gem. (Thanks CSN Philly)



More sound from Phillies manager Charlie Manual and Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz who had the best seat in the house. (Thanks CSN Philly)