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11-07-2017, 03:32 PM | Topic Starter |
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Roy Halladay dies in plane crash
Roy Halladay, 40, dies in plane crash in Gulf of Mexico
3:18 PM CT ESPN.com Roy Halladay, a two-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher who retired from baseball nearly four years ago, has died in a plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida. He was 40. The Pasco County Sheriff's Department confirmed that a small single-engine aircraft piloted by Halladay was reported down in the Gulf of Mexico earlier Tuesday afternoon. Halladay recently received his pilot's license and tweeted photos last month of himself standing next to a new ICON A5 plane, which was the model of aircraft that was recovered Tuesday in the Gulf. Halladay was an eight-time All-Star and went 203-105 with a 3.38 ERA in his 16-year career with the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies. He threw a perfect game during the 2010 season and a no-hitter that postseason. |
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11-07-2017, 03:34 PM | #2 |
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11-07-2017, 03:45 PM | #3 |
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He hit rock bottom early in his career with the Jays, and they sent him back to A ball to completely redo his mechanics. Total rebuild, IIRC.
It worked, to say the least. |
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11-07-2017, 03:38 PM | #4 |
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No way!!
Wow. I'm shocked:O One of my favourite bluejays ever. RIP Roy |
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11-07-2017, 03:42 PM | #5 |
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11-07-2017, 03:42 PM | #6 |
Now you've pissed me off!
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That's awful. Way too young. Never heard a bad thing about him, and he leaves behind a wife and two kids.
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RIP sir.
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11-07-2017, 03:45 PM | #8 |
I'm with the banned.
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No longer anyone's huckleberry.
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11-07-2017, 03:48 PM | #9 |
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Wow that's unexpected.
RIP |
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11-07-2017, 03:57 PM | #10 |
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11-07-2017, 04:33 PM | #11 |
What's up braj?
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11-07-2017, 04:43 PM | #12 |
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11-07-2017, 04:46 PM | #13 |
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especially low over water like the wArnings against and like how he said he loved flying low over water.
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What's up braj?
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11-07-2017, 05:02 PM | #15 |
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Amphibious sport plane with a lot of delays.
Sport planes are spooky on their own, adding water to them (and the tendency to try to skim it) makes them spookier still. And my memory is that the requirements to be a 'sport pilot' are significantly lower than even a VFR pilot, but I could be off there. BRC is right; 'hobby flying' isn't really a thing that should be done. Dedicate to it or don't do it, IMO. I was a solo flight away from getting my VFR rating and decided I just wasn't going to be willing to put the time and continuous training into it to be comfortable enough so I walked away.
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