There were signs all along of his addiction, his teammates and Phillies employees say. He was there physically, but his mind wandered. His eyes were vacant. The Phillies assistance program tried to help Halladay in his battle with addiction, depression and anxiety. So did his wife. His closest friends. His parents and sisters.
When Halladay retired in , everyone wanted to believe he would get better. The addiction severely strained their marriage, and when Halladay struggled the final season in , going with a 6. Halladay, 36, retired on Dec. Thirteen months later, he was back in a West Palm Beach drug rehab center, spending three months before rejoining his family. It interviewed witnesses and tested blood and reviewed GPS coordinates.
The final report fills in some detail: There was that brush with the bridge. You cannot mix that with flying. It found no evidence that he intended to fly his plane into the water. It also found no evidence that he did not. Officially, this is the factual report. In a week or two, there will be a last document: the probable cause report, a brief summary of what led to the crash.
It is unlikely to contain any new information. But ultimately it is as unsatisfying as every other development in this case, because no witnesses or toxicology reports or GPS coordinates can tell us what we really want to know: why.
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Despite spending just four seasons in Philadelphia, Halladay is one of the more beloved figures in recent Phillies history and spent time in his post-playing career as a special instructor at Phillies spring training.
He won the Cy Young award in , his first season with the Phils, and was the runner-up the following season. Halladay made his first All-Star team in ; the next season produced his first Cy Young. He became who he would remain for the following decade: a source of rare skill and even rarer dependability, with a mental approach to match his already famous workout habits.
Four times over his career, he led the majors in complete games. Twice, he led it in shutouts. It is somehow fitting that Halladay spent 12 of his 16 years in Toronto, playing for an overmatched team rarely featured on American networks. The Blue Jays served as perennial punching bags for their better-stocked division rivals, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, but even as they fell short of the playoffs time and again, their star pitcher held to his habits.
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