a little leaguer would have known better??? lol.... I suspect that is the height of most of your baseball playing careers..
lidge was not trying to hang a slider, he was not trying to throw it for a strike even... He made a mistake and albert crushed it...
end of story!
like I said the 0-1 pitch in the dirt that albert chased is what led to the pitch.. if albert lets that pitch go and the count is 1-0 he gets another one low and away... 2-0 then another and another.... his impatience led to the HR...
GO CARDS!
lidge was not trying to hang a slider, he was not trying to throw it for a strike even... He made a mistake and albert crushed it...
end of story!
like I said the 0-1 pitch in the dirt that albert chased is what led to the pitch.. if albert lets that pitch go and the count is 1-0 he gets another one low and away... 2-0 then another and another.... his impatience led to the HR...
GO CARDS!
you cant walk pujols in that spot. just had to make better pitches. really, what killed him was the walk to edmonds. edmonds was trying to draw the walk...he wasn't swinging and everyone knew it. lidge could not throw a strike...if he could, odds are edmonds makes an out to end the game.
i agree the walk to edmonds was a huge mistake. i understand lidge hung the slider. lidge should have pitched way around pujols hoping pujols chases. if pujols doesn't chase you take your chances against sanders which was something like 1 for 12 against lidge. you DO NOT let pujols beat you, end of story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
