Brad Lidge would be best used as a set up man. One of the worst closers in the game currently. Not thee worst, but bottom 5 of league.You must have more than one pitch in your arsenal to be a good closer and all he has is a slider. All the rest of his stuff is shit. Hitters are keying in on that slider and well the rest is history. Playoffs last year, so far this year, blew the game today. Your starter goes 7 innings of 1 hit ball and you lose by 4 is unacceptable. I had Dodgers + $$$ and once Lidge was in the game in the top of the 9th with a 2-1 lead, I marked down my bet as a win. 6-2 Dodgers Final. :missingte
The_Man said:
You didn't mark it a win till Lofton came up and drew a walk. Then Lidge proceeded to go 0-2 to Drew, who then drew a walk himself. That's when you could mark it a W. Lidge has had some rough outings, hit or miss outings. The second runners came on base he lost all focus. Nomar on the other hand, talk about clutch. Guys played 1 game this year, and in the 9th inning hits a grand slam to some 97 mph chuck on a full count? DAMN
Dr.Pepper said:
enjoy it...it may be all you get as he will have a hangnail or a pimple or something and end up back on the dl. he is a good hitter when he plays. however, if you do the math you'll see that he is overpaid. i think he made $157,834 per rbi with the cubs.
