Former Toronto and Philadelphia pitcher Roy Halladay had his perfect driving record broken up by a Florida police officer Tuesday afternoon. Halladay had gone 38 years without a speeding ticket before his chance at a perfect driving record was ruined.
He celebrated his first ever ticket with a selfie.
Halladay acknowledged that he was speeding-- he was caught doing 58 mph in a 45 mph zone -- and sent out a respectful tweet, and added the hashtag #protectandserve, implying that the officer was just doing his job.
If the goal of the ticket was to discourage Halladay from speeding ... well ...
Yep, Halladay got pulled over again by the same cop on the same day. Why he was pulled over the second time, or if Halladay received another ticket, is not known.
"Got me again!!" Halladay tweeted. "I asked if he was stalking famous people. He said no one lived around here except a washed-up pitcher!"
Again, Halladay seemed to handle the situation well. He managed to make a joke about himself in the second tweet.
There's really no need to feel bad about Halladay losing his perfect driving record, though. He's already got a perfect game under his belt, and he can brag about that any day.
Hard-luck loser
At least Kevin Kisner is in good company.
When he lost in a four-man playoff at The Greenbrier Classic, Kisner became the first player since Horton Smith in 1937 to lose three playoffs in one year. The difference is that Smith already was a two-time Masters champion at this point and won three PGA Tour events that year.
Kisner is still looking for his first victory. And in each playoff, he lost out to a birdie.
He made birdie on the 18th in regulation and in the sudden-death playoff at Hilton Head, only for Jim Furyk to win with a birdie on the second extra hole. At the Greenbrier, David Hearn and Danny Lee advanced in the playoff with birdies (Lee won with a par on the next hole). And at The Players Championship, Kisner matched birdies with Rickie Fowler on the island-green 17th during a three-hole playoff to force sudden death, where Fowler won with another birdie on the 17th.
"I keep knocking on it, I'll be there soon enough," Kisner said. "I keep playing well, I'll win one of them."
Playing shape
Donovan McNabb was arrested earlier this week for his second DUI in two years.
Wrote Janice Hough of leftcoastsportsbabe.com: "Sounds like the former Eagles, Redskins and Vikings' QB is trying just a bit too hard to act like he still belongs in the NFL."
Forever young
From Dwight Perry of The Seattle Times:
"Kevin Garnett, 39, will become just the third player in NBA history to play 21 seasons after re-signing with the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday, but no contract figures were disclosed," Perry wrote.
"Apparently the two sides were still haggling over the AARP discount."
Sports quiz
Roy Halladay threw his perfect game against this team.
Sports answer
The Florida Marlins on May 29, 2010.
Sports on 07/09/2015