Book Review — Doc: The Life Of Roy Halladay
Todd Zolecki’s portrait of the Hall Of Famer does an incredible job capturing the two coexisting sides of the late pitcher, The hero…and the HUMAN.
The story of Roy Halladay is a sad one, and it was a sad one even before shocking passing away at the age of 40, in November 2017, just four years after he retired from the Philadelphia Phillies.
In “Doc: The Life of Roy Halladay”, Todd Zolecki describes the humility, work ethic, and mental health issues that surrounded the first-ballot Hall of Famer.
The two-time Cy Young award winner was undoubtedly one of the best pitchers on earth from 2001 through 2011. In this respect, it’s only fitting that Zolecki starts the story of Roy Halladay with one of his greatest achievements: a no-hitter in his first postseason game.
The book recounts Halladay in his early life, his amateur career, and eventually his arrival in the majors with the Toronto Blue Jays, where for the first time, Halladay has an Achilles heel.
It was expected that he would help Toronto return to the postseason. The issue Halladay faced was that he was too focused on the results, and since he did not perform well, his confidence diminished. As a result, Halladay was…
