The baseball world is in mourning following the tragic news of former MLB pitcher Roy Halladay’s death in a plane crash Tuesday afternoon. Immediately after the news broke out, fans and celebrities alike took to social media to convey their shock and grief over the untimely death of one of the best ever to do it on the mound. Among those to express sadness is Minnesota Timberwolves big man Karl-Anthony Towns.

Baseball was one of Towns’ first loves as he used to play Little League baseball growing up in New Jersey, so he definitely had watched “Doc” leave countless hitters paralyzed at the plate.

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Halladay had an illustrious 16-year MLB career that spanned from 1998 to 2013. While he didn’t win a World Series, he won two Cy Young Awards and was one of the only two players ever to throw a no-hitter in the postseason, accomplishing that in his first-career postseason start back in 2010.

Halladay played 12 seasons for the Toronto Blue Jays and four with the Philadelphia Phillies and finished his career with a 203-105 record and a 3.38 ERA.