No Matter what anyone says, this image will always make me sick
by DyingQuail
on Oct 30, 2008 10:25 AM CDT
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Congrats to the Phillies though, if any town deserved a little sports luck -- it was Philadelphia. I have nothing against Brad, I'm happy for him. It just hurts that he's not wearing an Astros uniform, Ruiz isn't Ausmus, and the year is not 2005.
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using the ex girlfiend comparison:
you dump girl. she dates new guy, marries him and then they get rich and become wildly happy….all in front of your eyes.
by HighLeveragePerformer on
Oct 30, 2008 10:36 AM CDT
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I have the exact opposite reaction
I’m VERY happy for Lidge… when he left I wished him well and hoped he turned it around… well he did. I’m happy for him.
Go 'Stros!
by Stros Bro on
Oct 30, 2008 11:59 AM CDT
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yeah, I'm w/ Stros Bro
I’m happy for him. He was a favorite of mine and it made me much more sick to watch him fail as an Astro than to succeed as a Phillie.
It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy. - Nolan
by clockwerks on
Oct 30, 2008 12:07 PM CDT
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I'm happy for him, too.
Especially after the treatment he got here in Houston.
I can’t remember which of Fox’s idiot commentators said it, but one said something to the effect that closers typically don’t come back from such massive choke-jobs as the 05 Pujols homer. What? The only guys who didn’t come back from massive collapses (that I can think of off the top of my head, anyways) were Mitch Williams and that dude from the 86 Angels. Why do they make shit up like that?
by Only_A_Lad on
Oct 30, 2008 12:10 PM CDT
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I don't hold anything against Lidge.
He is a good guy…not dislikeable at all. He gave some fantastic years to the Astros in 04 and 05, and I am thankful for that. I can only guess what happened to him after that, but I don’t think it helped that Astros fans began booing him when he entered a game and threw two balls in a row. So I congratulate Lidge on rising back to his previous status of 2004.
As for the Phillies, I’m glad they won the World Series. If nothing else, this may mute all the cries about the superiority of the AL over the NL for a few months.
by clack on
Oct 30, 2008 12:28 PM CDT
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It's not that I dislike Lidge
It’s that Lidge managed to give up two game winning runs in our World Series, but converted two saves in the Phillies — including the series clinching one. It’s just a punch and in the gut and a re-hashing of old wounds. Like HLP’s ex-girlfriend comparison.
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by DyingQuail on
Oct 30, 2008 12:40 PM CDT
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im happy for lidge
he was a stand up guy. im still jealous/wistful/agitated/ that he did so well on another team, and when he had his chance to contribute in the WS for us, he didn’t come through.
by HighLeveragePerformer on
Oct 30, 2008 1:30 PM CDT
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Another one happy for Lidge
I have been rooting for Lidge all the way. He is a great picture and a class act. I think how some fans treated him in Houston after NOT being perfect was despicable. However, I don’t know that Philly fans would have been any better if they had been disappointed like Astros fans. Regardless, I am really happy for such a great guy to cap such an amazing season in such an amazing way. I wish we had realized what we had and not let him go.
by ndurantz on
Oct 30, 2008 1:23 PM CDT
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I've never been so nervous
hoping that an opposing team’s pitcher would make a save. I’m glad he pulled it out and found success after moving on.
by jonthefon on
Oct 30, 2008 3:56 PM CDT
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Lidge is a great pitcher ...
… and a class act. All season long, he’s had nothing but good things to say about Houston and the Astros. It’s nice to read the comments here and see that the good feelings were mutual.
by GoPhils on
Oct 30, 2008 4:27 PM CDT
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But How Did He Get the Mojo Back
I too congratulate Lidge and the Phils. Thank goodness an NL team, and a hungry NL team, and a recent Ed Wade team, won the Series. I obviously miss Brad. Did we give up on him too soon? But, his struggles were painful and longlasting? How did he get the mojo back? Is the old superstition that merely a change of scenery can respark the inferno really true? It is so difficult for me to understand how by merely changing teams, he regained his dominance. This has to be a total mental deal where the change of scenery affects brain chemistry or something. I don’t get it, but now believe how important the mental aspect of the game is.
by DFWTrojan on
Oct 30, 2008 7:50 PM CDT
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I dunno
I mean, if his stuff wasn’t good last season or the season before… then I could say that maybe he was injured or maybe coaching was the reason… but I think his stuff was pretty good his last few seasons in Houston.
The whole change of scenery thing seems like a crock at face value… but I guess I can understand how it would change your outlook on things and I guess bring back the old Brad.
Go 'Stros!
by Stros Bro on
Oct 30, 2008 9:45 PM CDT
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I may be wrong, but I wonder if the knee surgery was a bigger deal for his pitching...
than we were aware. When the Astros shut Lidge down to rest his knee in the middle of 07, they admitted that it had been affecting him for some time, and that the team had not discussed it previously because they didn’t want to opposing teams to think that he was injured. Lidge downplayed the impact at the time. But one can well imagine that a bad knee could affect his control without necessarily reducing his velocity. A painful knee might also creates some bad habits, mechanically.
What we do know is this: he had knee surgery in the off-season before his performance rebounded significantly. Coincidence or not?
by clack on
Oct 31, 2008 12:19 AM CDT
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Let's hear it from Brad Lidge AND for ERIC BRUNTLETT
Series of a lifetime for both.
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on
Oct 30, 2008 10:00 PM CDT
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Yea
Bruntlett’s name won’t be mentioned much.. but he scored a couple of key runs in the WS
Go 'Stros!
by Stros Bro on
Oct 30, 2008 10:11 PM CDT
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Like the winning run in two of the games!
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on
Oct 30, 2008 11:49 PM CDT
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Maybe he really is
Superman in the playoffs.
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by DyingQuail on
Oct 30, 2008 11:57 PM CDT
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