Brad Lidge sucks

[T-Pain]

and hes still on a cold streak since the damn world series. we need to develop a new closer until Lidge is ready to play.

[Extra Stout]

Albert Pujols permanently broke his chode.

[Horry For 3!]

Francisco Cordero sucks even more :lol he has blown so many saves this season it is unbelievable

[Horry For 3!]

Out of his last 7 attempts to get a save, he has blown 4 of them and they weren't no 1 ER blown saves, they were 2, 3 ER in .1

[T Park]

Albert Pujols permanently broke his chode.

ya damn right...

That ball still aint landed :sombrero:

[King]

Byung Hyung Lidge

[Solid D]

Both Texas teams' "Closers" can't get out of their own way right now. Lidge and Cordero. Cordero just blew his 5th save this month (a record) and his 2nd in less than 24 hours.

[Pinto Bean]

lol Cordero has 3 wins and 3 saves........there is something wrong with that.

[Pinto Bean]

oh and he also has a ERA of 11.20. There is something really wrong with that.

[degenerate_gambler]

He's just trying to follow in 'gas can' Billy Wagner's footsteps.

[Melmart1]

For the upcoming roadtrip, Otsuka will be the closer for the Rangers. I think it should have been Benoit myself, but we will see how he does.

[GrandeDavid]

Yeah, needless to say its been frustrating seeing what Albert Pujols' NLCS 05 blast might've done to him. However, Lidge is very talented, highly intelligent and resilient as hell. I think he'll get back on a roll, eventually. But he's been in the league for a few years now and some good hitters are starting to get more comfortable with his pitches. Still, I think he'll become the domnant force out of the pen he has been throughout his career.

[T Park]

Pujols has that effect....... :)

[tlongII]

Eddie Guardado sucks.

[leemajors]

lidge is leading the NL in saves while sucking. i agree he is letting far too many runners on base and giving up runs, but all that matters for a closer is getting the save. right now, he's still getting that done. he can work on the kinks as the season progresses.

[Horry For 3!]

Lidge fucks up again today :pctoss

[T Park]

lidge is leading the NL in saves while sucking. i agree he is letting far too many runners on base and giving up runs, but all that matters for a closer is getting the save. right now, he's still getting that done. he can work on the kinks as the season progresses.



No that lead belongs to Jason Isringhausen.

[Horry For 3!]

No that lead belongs to Jason Isringhausen.
:wtf Lidge > Isringhausen in saves

Lidge is 2nd in the MLB in saves with 11, only Papelbon has more with 12.

Isringhausen only has 7 saves :lol

[Horry For 3!]

Also, Lidge has the most strikeouts as a closer than any other.

[Horry For 3!]

:wtf Lidge > Isringhausen in saves

Lidge is 2nd in the MLB in saves with 11, only Papelbon has more with 12.

Isringhausen only has 7 saves :lol
8 saves after today

[T-Pain]

i see lidge is gettin better. good job brad. way to close it out against the cards.

[Trainwreck2100]

Albert Pujols permanently broke his chode.


Once the ball lands, he'll feel better.

[T Park]

Lidge > Isringhausen in saves

this person said


lidge is leading the NL in saves while sucking


Please, follow along....

[T-Pain]

well i remain correct. Brad Lidge officially sucks. trade him!!!

[Horry For 3!]

He pitched in the 7th tonight, I guess they're going to try to get him to work out whatever is in him

[kskonn]

For me the amount of saves you have does not necessarily reflect on how good of a closer you are. You can be a great closer and be on a team that rarely gets you in a position to earn a save therefore never leading the league. A good indicator of how effective a closer is would be by the percentage of save opportunites in which they are successful.

[Melmart1]

Agreed, KSkonn. The new closer for the Mariners is pretty damn good. But cus the Mariners suck, he doesn't have those Mariano numbers.

Also, Lidge is officially out of the closer's position, though supposedly only 'temporarily'.

[T-Pain]

well i still think Lidge is a good pitcher, but damn, if your gonna close the game dont throw hittable balls. Im just venting here cuz im tired of Lidge blowing it.

[Horry For 3!]

Lidge will only be out of it for like 2 weeks at the most so he can pitch in like the 6-7-8 innings to get his stuff back then he'll be closer again. So it is probably Wheeler for a little while.

[mookie2001]

who would have ever though letting billy wagner and octavio dotel walk would hurt the stros?

[Horry For 3!]

who would have ever though letting billy wagner and octavio dotel walk would hurt the stros?
Letting Dotel go make the Stros 100 times better. Dotel is horrible, he isn't even pitching in the MLB even today. He is on some team, Yankees I think but hasn't pitched one inning this season

[Horry For 3!]

I was jumping with joy when Dotel went to the A's, I told everyone, Dotel will suck it up or get hurt and Huston Street will take over the closing duties as a rookie....

I was 100% correct and ever since then, Bye bye Dotel

[Horry For 3!]

Lidge sucks it up again, gives up 3 earned runs and did not get a single out :pctoss

[tlongII]

The M's J.J. Putz is making me forget about how bad Guardado has been this year. Nice.

[T Park]

Damn Lidge was horrible last night vs the Nats.

Pujols's homerun really sunk this guy.

6.43 ERA?!?!

Damn, almost as bad as Isringhausen.

[Horry For 3!]

Huston Street hasn't been that great this season either :depressed

[leemajors]

Damn Lidge was horrible last night vs the Nats.

Pujols's homerun really sunk this guy.

6.43 ERA?!?!

Damn, almost as bad as Isringhausen.

it really just came down to that one wild pitch, that's when things got out of hand. he had 3-4 solid outings before that one back as closer. he'll get back on track, at least he's not tipping his pitches anymore. i don't know what the stros will do when ausmus retires, dude blocks every slider in the dirt with ease.

[leemajors]

who would have ever though letting billy wagner and octavio dotel walk would hurt the stros?

it didn't hurt the stros, they went to he NLCS and the WS after letting them go.

[T Park]

Its hurting them right now......

[mookie2001]

it didn't hurt the stros, they went to he NLCS and the WS after letting them go.ehhh...

[T Park]

they went to he NLCS and the WS after letting them go

THATS the reason?

Uhhhh no.

[Spurminator]

THATS the reason?

Uhhhh no.

It's part of it. You think they would have had the money for Clemens and Pettitte if they were paying Wagner what the Phillies were paying him?

[T Park]

You think they would have had the money for Clemens and Pettitte if they were paying Wagner what the Phillies were paying him?

Guy owns the stadium and gets all the money off of it, why not.

Its not like ST Louis where the ownership group fronted alot of the money for the arena.

[leemajors]

mclane makes holt look like a freewheeler with free agent money, aside from roger clemens. but clemens brought more money to the stros than anyone else. most of the current stros players came up in the farm system, it's the best in the league.

[T-Pain]

ha, i stand corrected.

[leemajors]

i am terrified every time he comes in the game now. purpura needs to make some sort of move. not saying lidge has to go, but they have to shake something up. the bullpen is not getting it done.

[Horry For 3!]

Tha 'Stros shouldn't of ever let go of Billy Wagner :depressed

[leemajors]

Tha 'Stros shouldn't of ever let go of Billy Wagner :depressed

ehh, wagner is notorious for giving it up too. the mistake was moving dotel to closer, he was an awesome setup guy.

[koopa]

aahh f'k lidge, trade this worthless "closer", his career is done, he'll forever be shook by pujols. might as well get some peanuts for him.

[Quadzilla99]

I agree with what everybody is saying, he's been a basketcase since the Pujols homer. It's not to get any easier either. Intense pressure and stress is part of the job of being a closer.

[Horry For 3!]

ehh, wagner is notorious for giving it up too. the mistake was moving dotel to closer, he was an awesome setup guy.
Dotel fuckin sucks. Wagner :tu

[leemajors]

Dotel fuckin sucks. Wagner :tu

dotel sucked after they moved him to closer, i agree with that. but dotel/wagner was 2-3 shutout innings most of the time.

[T-Pain]

i say we trade his ass along with some of the other pitchers like qualls

[T Park]

I can't believe Lidge let Minor leaguer AAron Miles get two clutch hits off of him.

Im still floored.

[midgetonadonkey]

Brad Lidge is the Nick Anderson of MLB.

[Horry For 3!]

I can't believe Lidge let Minor leaguer AAron Miles get two clutch hits off of him.

Im still floored.
Aaron Miles has been in the MLB since 03 but yes he isn't very good. He had his moments in Colorado last year.

[T Park]

The guy is what he is.

A defensive replacement late in games at 2nd, and is a suck ass slap 250 hitter.

Yet he slaps Lidge around like a fucking bitch.

Unreal......


BTW, if Pujols hadn't gotten a little less under that fly ball, it would've happened again.

Another 3 run homer to win a game.


Lidge would've prob swung the noose over the dugout wall right there if that had happened.

Hes practically a squigilling glob of goo now when the Cardinals come up to bat.

[leemajors]

i don't know what the stros pen problem is. they seem to have no trouble getting to 2 outs, then pucker up and give it up.

[Extra Stout]

Albert Pujols permanently broke his chode.
When a player makes you curl up in the fetal position on the pitching mound, you don't recover. Ever.

Pujols hit the ball, Lidge's head snapped around, and he curled into the fetal position.

He has to put on a diaper whenever he sees #5 now. He's done.

[T Park]

:lol ^^^

Pujols just missed that home run ball in the 12th too.

If he had hit that, once again, Lidge would have become a blubbering mess.

[T-Pain]

fuckin lidge. im telling you, trade his ass

[leemajors]

i didn't want to believe it, but dude is fucking DONE. and why the fuck does garner let everett hit in that situation?

[DeMarcus Bryant]

i didn't want to believe it, but dude is fucking DONE. and why the fuck does garner let everett hit in that situation?
fuck yeah. when is he gonna get his head out of his ass and not put that loser on the mound, his tail is still between his legs after the albert pujols hit.

[Extra Stout]

Lidge's life will forever be affected. He can't even make love to his wife without the mental image of Pujols pleasuring her more fully.

[T Park]

:lmao ^^^^

Yeah but now Aaron Miles is tag teaming her too now :lol

[Spurminator]

I really don't think an Aaron Miles barely-squeaking-fair grounder past the third baseman in a regular season game is going to keep Lidge up nights.

Still, last postseason clearly Ankieled his career as a closer...

[T Park]

I really don't think an Aaron Miles bairly-squeaking-fair grounder past the third baseman in a regular season game is going to keep Lidge up nights.

barely?

Uhhhhh it was pretty solid down the line chief.

As was the basehit to tie the game up the day before?


But yeah, Lidge clearly wets his pants everytime El Hombre steps to the plate.

[leemajors]

barely?

Uhhhhh it was pretty solid down the line chief.

As was the basehit to tie the game up the day before?


But yeah, Lidge clearly wets his pants everytime El Hombre steps to the plate.

one of those hits was a blooper barely over biggio's head. i think it was the one to tie it up.

[leemajors]

quit giving it up to fucking scrubs, jesus.

[Horry For 3!]

He sucks again...

[T-Pain]

this game is taking forever

[T-Pain]

thanks brad, we lost

[johngateswhiteley]

i cannot believe we just lost in the 18th inning....this is getting ridiculous. within one game of the playoffs and then we piss it all away. time to get it going again guys!!!

[Sense]

someone barely noticed Lidge sucks..

LawL.

[MajorMike]

I love Lidge.

[T-Pain]

bitch ass strikes again...

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

BWAHAHAHA @ the bump.

[T Park]

:lol

Lidge has had a damn good year this year, he seems to have turned it around.


BTW, Aaron Miles has turned into a damn good player, batting over 300 and plays great :lol

[djohn14]

ironic huh....

[Whisky Dog]

Ah, Lidge is having a good season. Not as good of a comeback story as Hamilton, but a nice comeback story all together to just be in the all star game. That ending was inevitable anyway with all of the threatening the AL did in just about every extra inning only to find a way to blow it (or have the Ump blow it as on the Kinsler out at 2nd on the steal attempt call).

[BRHornet45]

sons Lidge just reminded me why I don't miss him ... the moment they brought him into the all star game I knew he would blow it.

[K-State Spur]

sons Lidge just reminded me why I don't miss him ... the moment they brought him into the all star game I knew he would blow it.

actually, billy wagner "blew" it. lidge entered a tie game.

[T Park]

Wagner blows more than a 10 cent hooker