Nearly an hour after pitching the game of his life for the second time this season, Roy Halladay walked through the Philadelphia Phillies' clubhouse. No one spoke to him as he made his way across the room to his locker in the corner.
Philadelphia starting pitcher Roy Halladay celebrates after throwing a no-hitter to defeat Cincinnati 4-0 during Game 1 of the National League Division Series in Philadelphia.
A sheet of white paper was taped up there, the first few paragraphs of a breaking news story someone printed out. "Phillies' Roy Halladay throws playoff no-hitter,” the headline said. Halladay studied it for a few seconds. He never looked at the unopened bottle of Dom Perignon 1999 sitting in a bucket of ice to the right of him. He pulled his hooded sweatshirt over his head and disappeared through a doorway.
For 13 seasons, Roy Halladay had waited for this moment, as did the rest of baseball. In 2 hours and 34 minutes Wednesday, he made the most memorable postseason debut ever as the Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds, 4-0, in Game 1 of the National League Division Series at Citizens Bank Park.
"It was a lot of fun,” Halladay said, as only he could.
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