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Why the Jays didn't discard their ace

By Peter Gammons

Friday, July 31, 2009

The sun set on the trade deadline, and J.P. Ricciardi repeated his refrain. "We're talking about Roy Halladay," Ricciardi said. "We're talking about the best pitcher in baseball." Halladay Now, some of you fans of Dan Haren, Tim Lincecum, Felix Hernandez and Johan Santana might want to debate that statement, but poll the players, and they'd agree. Halladay's 142-70 career record and will to pitch into the eighth inning start after start have made the 32-year-old workhorse the most respec ...

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