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Roy Halladay's Wife Recalls Ex-MLB Pitcher's Struggles with Chronic Pain, Drugs

Brandy Halladay, the widow of two-time Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay, has opened up about her husband's struggles with pain and drugs in the last years of his life.

Speaking to ESPN's John Barr, Mike Farrell and Brian Rivera, Brandy recalled a moment in October 2013 when, along with Roy and family friend Steve Trax, made the decision her husband would seek inpatient treatment for drug addiction at a facility in West Palm Beach.

"I remember sitting in front of the tournament (her son was playing in) just crying my face off, trying to figure out how I can sit there and be a baseball mom, and not let people see what was really going on.