DOC-TOBER!!!!

Well if you didn't think "the year of the pitcher" wasn't going to get any better, well it did on October 6th, 2010. Earlier this year on May 29th, 2010 Roy Halladay threw a perfect game and became the 20th pitcher in MLB history to throw a perfect game. Well this year we have seen a whole lot of great pitching performances; this year 5 different pitchers threw no-hitters or perfect games. We start with Ubaldo Jimenez on April 17th, 2010 (NO-HITTER), Dallas Braden on May 9th, 2010 (PERFECT GAME), Roy Halladay on May 29th, 2010 (PREFECT GAME), Edwin Jackson on June 25th, 2010 (NO-HITTER), Matt Garza on July 26th, 2010 (NO-HITTER), and now Roy Halladay again on October 6th, 2010 (NO-HITTER). What makes this no-hitter better than the rest is that he did it in the first game of his first postseason appearance. That was one of the many questions that people asked "How good will Roy Halladay be in the postseason" well he answered that pretty well. Halladay became the 2nd pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the postseason since Don Larson threw a perfect game in the 1956 World Series for the New York Yankees. Halladay also became the 5th pitcher to throw 2 no-hitters in a calender year. Welcome to the history books Mr. "DOC" Halladay.

So everyone talked about how good the Reds bats are and how they’re going to be a tough out at every at bat well on Wednesday night they looked like they had no idea what was going on, swinging and looking at balls everywhere. The last time the Reds were no-hit was back in 1971. Halladay almost had a perfect game but gave up a walk to Jay Bruce and that's really when everyone said I don't it will happen now but Halladay stayed calmed and just pitched his game the way he knew how. Also have to give a lot of created to catcher Carlos Ruiz who caught last night’s game because if it wasn't for him then he Halladay could have maybe thrown the wrong pitch. But Ruiz knew what Halladay should throw to this Reds team and got the job done. Halladay had 8 strikeouts and threw only 104 pitches. Not only did Halladay pitch wonderful but he got himself a RBI single in the 2nd inning to give the Phils a 2-0 lead with 2 outs. Then Victorino got a 2 run RBI single to make a 4-0 Phils lead. The Phillies would win but win with a no-hitter and celebrate to a Game 1 win by a score of 4-0 and now lead the series 1-0. What a statement to make in Halladay's first postseason game.

The Phillies will play Game 2 of the NLDS on Friday night, pitching for the Reds will be Bronson Arroyo and going for the Phillies will be ace number 2 in Roy Oswalt. Game time starts at 6:07 p.m. TBS.


This is beyond unbelievable, this is beyond baseball.