The two-hour phone call between Detroit Tigers' left-hander Daniel Norris and Hall of Famer Roy Halladay is well-documented.
Norris' frustration reached its high point in the 2017 season. Injuries and poor results overwhelmed him, and he needed help. Former Tigers pitching coach Rich Dubee had an idea: get Halladay, one of the best pitchers of his generation, on the phone. They spoke about baseball and injuries before the conversation shifted to sharing life stories.
For the last three years, Norris has leaned on the phone call in tough times, but he didn't initially understand everything that Halladay — who died at age 40 in a 2017 plane crash — was trying to tell him.