Thursday, October 7, 2010

Here Is Halladay, Hear Him Roy-ar




As you probably heard by now, Roy Halladay achieved something only done once before in the MLB's long storied postseason history, pitch a no-hitter. The first since Don Larsen's Perfect Game against the Brooklyn Dodgers nearly 54 years ago. Only fitting for a guy who's never tasted the postseason in his career make a debut that will etch the ink in history.

The Reds haven't played in an MLB Postseason game since 1995, I think they have a little bit of rust that rusty old Dusty Baker will have to fix if they stand a chance against these battle tested foes.

Let's take a look at the newspaper covers across the country with some usual Fairweather commentary.



Philadelphia Inquirer

An obvious place to start. Rightfully planted with the largest print for the title and appropriate picture. Slightly pushing the big key witness news on the Terror to the right.



The Cincinnati Enquirer

A fair warning to everyone this NLDS will have everyone seeing Red. Complete with a predictable story about visiting fans to the City of Brotherly Love. Apparently Phllies fans are a lot nicer than St. Louis or Chicago, who knew?

P.S. Don't forget to get your coupon for the highly collectible Rey Mausaluga Bengals pin on Page C10.



The New York Times

The paper barely has a sports section, but it's nice to see Halladay take front page glory away from that other baseball team in New York. That fiery explosion in Pakistan describes my Twins' fans hearts last night.



The Denver Post

Is it hockey season already? Anyway, you'd think Denver's local hero would a bigger nod, but at least he gets his moment near the bottom there.



Courier-Post

Nice to see South Jersey capture the excitement with that photo on front. If I were Halladay I'd sleep with that newspaper nailed on the ceiling.

By the time you read this, more than likely someone is already heading home or another picther thrown a no-hitter.

Can it be you, Roy Oswalt?