Just heard about this! That really stinks. I was telling my wife that I saw him pitch vs. the Rays in '06 or '07 and I still recall the no-hitter vs. the Reds in the playoffs. What a talent.
From what I saw, it is not clear if he was showboating or struggling to maintain control.
Regardless, a wife has lost her husband and children have lost their father.
Video obtained by TMZ Sports shows Halladay, 40, making big changes in altitude as he flew around the Gulf of Mexico not far from his home in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Hed fly up to 100 feet in the air, according to TMZ, then down to a few feet above the water. TMZ termed it showboating.
The video portrays witnesses, who are watching from a boat, as surprised by Halladays flying pattern to the point that theyre saying What the [expletive]? as they watch. As Halladays plane flew up and down, one of the men in the videos said, That cant be legal.