A quick word about the Doctor

Roy Halladay salutes fans at Citizens bank park after throwing a no-hitter.

There are very few things that truly bring people together, and as much as I would like, baseball is not one of them. But on Wednesday night, Roy Halladay managed to to do something that hadn’t been accomplished since 1956, Doc threw a no-hitter, in the post-season.

I don’t think very many people cared about baseball before that night, but I think something may have changed.

Suddenly people we asking what a no hitter was. Why is it important? What does it mean? Who is Roy Halladay?

Baseball isn’t on everyone’s mind, but Doc is on the front page of the Globe and it isn’t for nothing.

America’s passtime is coming out from behind the shadow of steroids. Suddenly baseball means something, it means more than out doing a number; it’s about doing the impossible.

Baseball may never out-draw hockey in this country, but for one day a man from Colorado made a name for the sport.

May there be many more of those days to come.

Picture courtesy DayLife