Steve Simmons writes for Sun Media, and I read this little tidbit of his this morning, the subject is Roy Halladay of the Blue Jays.
He is the least appreciated, most private, lowest maintenance superstar in Toronto sporting history. All he does is his job. And last night, just as he did all last season, he taught Burnett a lesson or two.
Usually I grown inwardly when reading Simmons’ hyperbole. He tends to go for big flourishes and classic story lines while writing about sports. Not much subtlety, but good copy I suppose. In this case however, I have to agree with his sentiment and his tone.
For those who weren’t aware, there was a baseball game last night in Toronto. It was a classic match up. Doc Halladay, the ace of the Blue Jays pitching staff versus former teammate AJ Burnett, who cut and run from Toronto this past off season for more money. Burnett now pitches for the evil empire of Major League Baseball, the New York Yankees. For this game, the Toronto crowd showed up, to boo Burnett (and ARod to an extent), to cheer the upstart Blue Jays, and to watch a master at work. AJ pitched well too; he’s got awesome stuff, but as he usually does, he lost his composure for an inning and that was all it took for the Jays to get a few runs in and Doc did the rest. The Jays ended up winning 5-1, with Halladay notching his first complete game of the season.
It was a real gem of a game from the humble superstar. Simmons got it right this time, no hyperbole required.
Tags: Blue Jays, Burnett, Halladay, Simmons, Toronto, Yankees
