Roy Halladay retires as a Blue Jays

Roy Halladay who won 203 games and two CY Young awards between The Toronto Blue Jays who he broke in 1998 and taken a no-hitter into the ninth inning against the Detroit in the last game of 98 season in his debut and the Philadelphia Phillies where he played his first playoff game against the San Francisco Giants and became the second only pitcher to throw a no-hitter in his first ever post-season appearance in 2010. The 36-Year-old had amazing 203-105 record but his career ended way too short as I though he would come very close to being the next 300 game winner but after being traded to the Philadelphia Phillies he won his second CY Young in 2010 with a 20-10 record and after a 19 victories in 2011. the following two seasons were not as advertise as he ended 6 straight seasons of pitching over 200 innings in 2012 when he pitched 155 in 25 games and posted a 11-8 record with a much bigger era than usual 4.49 ERA and then in 2013 he did not get off to a good start as he quickly destroyed his shoulder in multiple areas and only pitched 13 games and 62 innings and an era of 6.82 and a record of 4-5. In 2000 Roy Halladay lost all his control and was shell of himself and went down to single A to figure it out and with the help of late great Blue Jays pitching coach Mel Quinn he found his stuff and it rocketed him to what looked like a Hall of Fame career but with his final two seasons being shortened and it shortened his career to 16 very good seasons instead of like 2o Hall of Fame seasons. In his 12 seasons with the Jays he posted the second most wins (148) and strikeouts (1495) along with shutouts (15) behind the great Dave Stieb and third in starts (248), innings (2046.2), complete games (49), and ERA (3.43). He will go down as one of the two best pitchers in Blue Jays history along side Stieb and by signing an one day contract to finish his career with Blue Jays and at sometime next season he will rightfully take his place on the Jays wall of excellence which is not Cooperstown but it will be the closest he will get. I hope Halladay had a great career and that he enjoys watching his kids grow up which most athletes missed out on when they are as competitive as he is Tom Mehegan