Written by Andy | 03 May 2011

SD Dirk/FlickrPhillies ace Roy Halladay, after numerous counseling sessions, is finally able to live with the time he surrendered a walk to Mets third baseman David Wright when he just missed with a full count fastball.

"Thanks to (his therapist) Dr. Kendall, I am finally able to cope with the fact that I too can give up a base on balls just like any ordinary pitcher," said Halladay, confident the bitterness and remorse that resulted from yielding the only free pass of his career are completely gone. "I don't beat myself up about that walk anymore. Because a batter doesn't like my pitches enough to swing at them, it doesn't mean I'm a bad pitcher. Like Dr. Kendall says, 'Giving up a walk does not define you as baseball player. More importantly, it does not define you as a person.' "

Teammates says it's nice that Halladay no longer runs into the dugout in tears each time the umpire calls a ball to ask pitching coach Rich Dubee what he did wrong.

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