"The love and adulation for Roy Halladay began 40 minutes before the game, when he walked out to the bullpen to begin warming up.

Halladay had his head down and kept walking, never acknowledging the fans, saying that he had "predetermined that … I don't want to go out there on those guys' home field and be the center of attention."

But really, Halladay was just that during his 12 seasons with the Blue Jays, just like he is now with the Phillies. It was only after Halladay threw another complete game, this time leading the Phillies to a 5-3 win over the Jays, that he admitted his first game back in the Rogers Centre meant more to him than he had let on.

"It was definitely different," Halladay said. "It meant a lot to do it here. I really felt like [the Jays] went out and they battled. They weren't going to roll over and hand it to me. I felt like we had to work for it.""