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Halladay's interesting snake story

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - Roy Halladay tossed a perfect game and a postseason no-hitter, all in the same year. He also won a Cy Young Award in each league, has been to eight All-Star games, and is one of the best pitchers in baseball history.

Yet for all his accomplishments on the mound, Halladay finds himself talking more about snakes these days.

Who knew?

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Despite being outpitched by his good buddy, Chris Carpenter, in Game 5 of the NLDS in which St. Louis upset Philadelphia 1-0, Halladay's legend grew a bit this offseason for a heroic effort far from the ordinary.

Halladay, Carpenter and some friends were on a fishing trip in the Amazon when they rescued a fisherman who had been bitten by an Anaconda.

As word of the story leaked, various accounts exaggerated Halladay's role in the rescue. He set the record straight on Tuesday.

"I was not wrestling snakes. I was nowhere near snakes," Halladay said. "We had been fishing all day and we were on the boat driving back and we happened to see a guy sitting on the shore line without clothes. We couldn't talk to him. The guides had to talk to him. They were speaking Portuguese. He had been attacked by a snake and escaped, but it had ripped the engine off the boat and left all his stuff out in the middle of the river. So we picked up his stuff and drove him back to his tribe, I guess you would call it."

So much for Halladay diving underwater to fight off a killer snake.

"By far, I've told that story more than any other story I've ever had," Halladay said. "It was quite an experience."

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