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Imperfect: The Roy Halladay Story

ESPN Daily

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4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Former Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay made baseball history in 2010, pitching the 20th perfect game in MLB history. But behind his on-field success, Halladay struggled with addiction, depression and anxiety before his fatal plane crash in 2017. Ahead of tonight's E:60 on Halladay, "Imperfect: The Roy Halladay Story," ESPN's John Barr discusses his months of in-depth reporting for the piece, time spent with Halladay's family, and the gap between public perception of the pitcher and his private struggles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Perfect so far is Roy Halliday. He's an out-away. The one-two pitch. Hit toward third. Castro has it. Spins, fires. A perfect game. Roy Halliday is thrown the second perfect game in Philadelphia, Philly's history.

0:26.4

Ten years ago today, pitcher Roy Halliday joined an elite club,

0:29.7

throwing the 20th perfect game in Major League history.

0:33.9

But behind the excellence that Halliday strove for every time he took the mound was a man who privately struggled with depression, anxiety, and addiction.

0:39.1

ESPN investigative reporter John Barr spent months conducting exclusive interviews with

0:43.8

Holiday's family, friends, and coaches as part of tonight's E-60 special. Today, we take a look

0:49.5

at the hidden side of a Hall of Fame athlete and a gap between public perception and private struggles.

0:56.4

I'm Inakimes. It's Friday, May 29th. This is ESPN Daily, presented by Marathon.

1:08.2

John Roy Halliday is undoubtedly one of the greatest pitchers of his era.

1:12.6

He led baseball and wins, complete games, and shutouts from 2002 through 2011.

1:18.1

He's enshrined in Cooperstown.

1:19.9

He's the second player to ever throw a no-hitter in the playoffs.

1:23.9

But your piece is titled Imperfect.

1:27.1

Why is that?

1:28.2

That title actually came from Brandy Halliday, Roy's wife.

1:32.0

It came from her speech that she delivered at the Hall of Fame induction last summer.

1:36.8

I think that Roy would want everyone to know that people are not perfect.

1:41.8

We are all imperfect and flawed in one way or another. We all struggle,

1:47.5

but with hard work, humility, and dedication, imperfect people can still have perfect moments.

1:53.7

And Mike Farrell, one of the producers of this project, really seized upon that as a potential

1:59.4

theme for the story.

2:01.3

This is a story about a guy who engaged

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