Holy Halladay, Rolling head gathers no Moss, PvZ, Outage

So when I got home I flipped on the Phillies game.  It was their first division series game against the Reds and their ace Roy Halladay was pitching.  I had a bunch more race entries to put in so I turned the volume up loud on the TV and listened while I was in the office.  By the time I had flipped it on it was already 4-0 and I heard Halladay was mowing down the Reds, not allowing a single hit through 5 innings.

As I listened each inning Halladay would retire the hitters in order easily and quickly.  I was tempted to go sit down and watch but I had a lot of work to do AND I didn’t want to somehow jinx the no hitter as stupid as that sounds.

Finally the top of the 9th inning came around, I had to go watch.  Halladay simply has great stuff.  Every single pitch he throws seems to have downward motion on it, even his fastball.  I couldn’t believe how calm, cool and collected he was as he stood there on the cusp of baseball immortality.  The last time someone pitched a no hitter in the playoffs was something like 55 years ago!

Halladay got the first two outs routinely.  Finally it was crunch time.  After getting two strikes on the batter, the guy swung and hit a dribbler right in front of the catcher.  The ball was just far enough away that it was a problem.  Ruiz had to scramble and actually made the throw from his knees.  There was a brief moment of panic until I saw the throw beat the runner by a half a step.  Holy shit, I just witnessed a piece of baseball history.

I had my Iphone recording the last out.  It was funny, the dogs reacted to the phrase “No hitter” and started barking like they were cheering for Halladay too.  You can see the short clip here.  Even after the game Halladay was extremely composed and calm.  Since I grew up pitching I could really appreciate just how incredible this was.

Sure there are a lot of physically gifted guys out there can throw hard but being a good pitcher is also very mental.  To not be nervous and be able to deliver pitches accurately in a high pressure situation is truly special.  I am just glad I got to see it.

Wow I was surprised the Patriots traded Randy Moss yesterday to his old stomping grounds, the Vikings.  A mid-season trade like this is very rare in the NFL.  Trading a big name like Moss is even rarer. To be honest with you I don’t get it.

Yea I knew Moss was bitching because he was in the last year of his contract and hadn’t been offered extension.  No player or coach for that matter wants to be a lame duck.  Evidently Belichick had enough of Moss’s bitching and sent him packing for a third round draft pick.

To me it is kind of cutting off your nose to spite your face.  Moss is a big play WR and the Patriots are 3-1 so far, hardly floundering.  Now I am not familiar with their remaining WR’S so maybe Bill has a player he feels can step right into Moss’s shoes.  Regardless it will be interesting to see how it shakes out for both teams in the trade.

I beat the final boss in adventure mode of P v Z.  He was quite the challenge.  Completing that mode unlocks a slew of quick play options that are equally fun.  It is just a fantastic game.

My web host, IXWebhosting got hammered by a DOS attack that lasted a good portion of the morning.  Every part of my online content was unavailable.  I felt naked.  Thankfully they seem to have been able to block the source of the attacks which evidently was emanating from good old China.

Tonight after work I get to time my one and only evening race of the year, the Corporate Run.  It is a unique format where businesses compete as teams against each other.  It should be a fun event.  Too bad it required Ali and myself to enter 500+ pieces of paper.