It’s very rare I root against baseball history, but on Saturday night I was forced to make that decision. You see, I was going up against my buddy Odie in fantasy baseball last week and he has Roy Halladay on his team.

When me and him go against each other in any fantasy sport, it’s usually a battle. We try to jinx each other players and we make short-term pickups just to win the week. So when he sent me a text message on Saturday night saying you better turn on the Philadelphia Phillies – Florida Marlins game, I knew something was up.

Halladay celebrates after throwing a perfect game

What was up was Halladay was tossing a perfect game against the Marlins. I tried my hardest to jinx Halladay (Sorry Phillies’ fans, but fantasy baseball takes precedent over teams I have zero rooting interest in), but it was not meant to be.

Halladay pitched the 20th perfect game in baseball history as the Phillies defeated the Marlins 1-0. It was the third perfect game in the last 10 months and second this month. Dallas Braden of the Oakland A’s pitched the 19th perfect game in history earlier in May.

The final out of the game was a weak groundball in the hole between third and short hit by pinch-hitter (Third that inning) Ronny Paulino that Phillies’ 3B Juan Castro fielded and fired to first to nail Paulino. Then something happened that I have never seen before — Halladay smiled.

If there was ever a guy who should be given the nickname “Stone Cold” it should be Halladay. No offense to Steve Austin, but Halladay has ice water running through his veins. The man never shows any emotion.

That is until Saturday night. Halladay smiled, hugged, and even celebrated with his teammates on the mound.

For the game, Halladay recorded eight groundball outs, eight flyball outs, and struckout 11. Halladay has now won a Cy Young and pitched a perfect game. Now all he has to do is win a World Series and Halladay’s career will be compete.

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