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Roy Halladay namesake for Toronto's first accessible baseball diamond

Just what the ‘Doc’ ordered.

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Toronto’s first completely accessible baseball diamond will be named for late Toronto Blue Jay Roy Halladay, an honour befitting the pitcher’s love of helping kids in need.

“I know Roy would be ecstatic,” Halladay’s widow Brandy told Sportsnet.

“Roy didn’t like to be praised for his on-field and career accomplishments … but Roy was always willing to attach himself to something like this

“The field isn’t about him, it’s about hopefully helping kids.”

When opened later this summer, Roy Halladay Field — located at Highview Park near Kingston Rd. and Danforth Ave — will include a surface friendly for both wheelchairs and those with mobility issues.

‘Doc’ Halladay, who retired from Major League Baseball in 2013, died on Nov. 7 2017 died when the light aircraft he was piloting crashed into the Gulf of Mexico near New Port Richey, Fla., just north of Tampa.

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During his 12 seasons in Toronto, Halladay and his wife dedicated their time to helping kids.

Halladay’s contract with the Jays includes an annual $100,000 donation to Jays Care Foundation, who helped establish the ‘Doc’s Box’ program in 2003 allowing patients and families at Sick Kids to enjoy Jays game in a renovated kid-friendly luxury box at Rogers Centre.

The announcement was made on Friday, which would have been Halladay’s 44th birthday.

Jays Care Foundation made a $1-million donation to help build the field in 2017.

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The move was approved by Toronto City Council earlier this week, listed on the agenda as Member’s Motion 32.32 — a nod to the pitcher’s number, retired by the Blue Jays in 2018
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