Paging Doc Halladay

Has anyone been off to a better start to the MLB season than new Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay? The man is on fire. Through his four starts of the season Halladay is 4-0 with a 0.82 ERA and 28 Ks in 33 innings. He's also only given up a ridiculous 3 walks. 3. In case you missed it, I said 3 walks. In 33 innings. That's one every 11 innings. That's less than 1 walk a game.

It's no secret that the current back-to-back NL Champs are the favorite to represent the Senior Circuit in the World Series once again and Halladay is the main reason why. Hell, he wasn't even in Philly for the '08 World Series Champs or the '09 runners up. He makes this team that much better. I highly doubt he's going to keep up his current pace, but even if he increases his ERA by a full run and a half he's still got the Cy Young in his hands.

And to continue disheartening the Phillies' NL East opponents, three of Halladay's four starts have been against the Nationals, Marlins, and Braves. Looking on the bright side, however, most of those players had never faced Halladay because he had spent his entire career in the American League and generally hitters fare better against a pitcher after they've faced him once. Perhaps, they'll score more than a combined 3 runs next time.