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  • zef204zef204 Posts: 4,742 ✭✭

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  • A761506A761506 Posts: 1,309 ✭✭✭
    That is fantastic.

    On a side note, I don't think the Astros will be able to recover after that home run, and Brad Lidge's career could go down the toilet if Houston can't win either game and gets knocked out. Depending on how he handled it, I bet he'll be totally shell-shocked if he was called on to pitch in either of these last 2 games.
  • baseballfanaticbaseballfanatic Posts: 2,415 ✭✭
    Lidge will be fine. All of the games best relievers have blown a big save at one time or another. You cant say Dennis Eckersley without Kirk Gibson.......
  • A761506A761506 Posts: 1,309 ✭✭✭
    On a side note, I don't think the Astros will be able to recover after that home run, and Brad Lidge's career could go down the toilet if Houston can't win either game and gets knocked out. Depending on how he handled it, I bet he'll be totally shell-shocked if he was called on to pitch in either of these last 2 games.

    Just thought I'd do a little digging and find this short thread from the 2005 NLCS...

    My comments were pretty close at the time - he didn't have to pitch again in the NLCS and the Houston did manage to win, but sure enough, he took 2 of the losses in the WS.

    I find it incredible that one pitch changed the entire career for what used to be an excellent pitcher.

    He lost his closer job, although that was long over-due as he had already blown plenty of games last season...

    Now, it looks far worse than just losing the closer job - I'd say within a month, he will be headed to the minors, and if he doesn't get it together quick, he'll be out of baseball by the end of this season. I'd lay even odds on that at this time.
  • TraderSheaTraderShea Posts: 181
    Now, it looks far worse than just losing the closer job - I'd say within a month, he will be headed to the minors, and if he doesn't get it together quick, he'll be out of baseball by the end of this season. I'd lay even odds on that at this time.

    Nah... even bad closers get to stick around for quite a while and are almost always given a chance by some desperate team!

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  • onlyanumberonlyanumber Posts: 2,433
    If you look at his page on baseball-reference.com, the sponsor of that page sums it up best:

    We used to think he was part of our future. Now we wish he were part of our past.
    Next MONTH? So he's saying that if he wins, the best-case scenario is that he'll be paying for it two weeks after the auction ends?

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  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,281 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Jim Leyritz ruined Mark Wohlers career in the 1996 Series.

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  • Brian48Brian48 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Lidge will be fine. All of the games best relievers have blown a big save at one time or another. You cant say Dennis Eckersley without Kirk Gibson....... >>



    Yeah, but Eck was able to recover from that. Lidge has been on a downward spiral for a long time now.
  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    Can anyone one say Joe Carter/Mitch Williams??
  • downgoesfrazierdowngoesfrazier Posts: 1,515 ✭✭
    Man, that's funny.
  • JdurgJdurg Posts: 997 ✭
    How about Tino Martinez/Scott Brosius/Derek Jeter and Byung Hyun Kim?
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  • TraderSheaTraderShea Posts: 181
    "Mitch Williams ~ 3 years, 3 teams after 1993 WS
    Byung-Hyun Kim ~ 5 years, 2 teams after 2001 WS (plus another 1.5 with Ari and is still pitching!)
    Mark Wohlers ~ 6 years, 3 teams after 1996 WS (plus another 3 with Atl)
    ... Even if you do have a meltdown as a closer, you can always find a job with someone who thinks they can catch gays in a bottle"

    taken from the training manual of "Punch their lights out"; the John Rocker school for closers







    --- Updated to make sure people know this was a joke in the "Rocker style"
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  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭


    << <i>... Even if you do have a meltdown as a closer, you can always find a job with someone who thinks they catch gays in a bottle" >>




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  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,152 ✭✭✭✭✭
    None of the pitchers named above can match Donnie Mooreimage


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  • onlyanumberonlyanumber Posts: 2,433


    << <i>None of the pitchers named above can match Donnie Mooreimage


    Steve >>



    So sad, yet so true...
    Next MONTH? So he's saying that if he wins, the best-case scenario is that he'll be paying for it two weeks after the auction ends?

    Forget blocking him; find out where he lives and go punch him in the nuts. --WalterSobchak 9/12/12



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