Roy Halladay Pitches No-Hitter To Open NLDS

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With Game One Masterpiece

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

Roy Halladay threw a no-hitter Wednesday to lead Philadelphia to a 4-0 win over Cincinnati in Game One of the National League Division Series.

It was the first postseason no-hitter since Don Larsen's perfect game for the New York Yankees in the 1956 World Series. It was also Halladay's first-ever postseason start.

Halladay's only blemish was a fifth-inning walk to Jay Bruce with two outs.

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MLB Postseason A Reminder Of Life's, Sports' Similarities

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

Every sportswriter in history it seems has written at least once about his childhood and how he loved going to the ballpark to catch a game with his father. In fact, many of America's greatest writers, sports or otherwise, have penned great things about our national pastime.

This will not be one of those pieces.

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