Report: Phillies ace Halladay saves boy from anaconda

Roy Halladay generally concerns himself with wins. During a recent fishing trip to the Amazon, however, the Philadelphia Phillies ace righthander reportedly picked up one impressive save. According to a blog from Skeet Reese, Halladay and St. Louis Cardinals hurler Chris Carpenter joined the professional fisherman and others in Brazil in search of a good time. "Me and Doc Halladay even came across a local, sitting bare naked on a tree by the river," Reese posted on his blog. "What we were able to figure out is that he was fishing in the river for tropical fish to sell for aquariums when he got attacked by an anaconda. "The snake apparently bit him on the (backside) but he was able to free himself before the snake wrapped him up. Instead the snake wrapped around his motor on the back of his little 14-foot dugout canoe and tore it off the back of his boat. Doc and I helped him gather his gear and flip the boat back over and then towed him home. You could defin...