Explaining Brad Lidge?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...due $5 million if he's a Phillie again next season -- is this tiny item: Closer Brad Lidge is scheduled to have his right elbow examined today, said Amaro. Lidge might have loose bodies...
Blog | November 06, 2009What's next for Phillies?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Actually, the third thing isn't really a thing. What does "take your best guess with Brad Lidge" mean, exactly? That's not much of a prescription, if you ask me. I suppose Brown...
Blog | November 05, 2009Kneejerk Reactions: Game 5
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...With a three-run lead in the ninth, Charlie Manuel went with Ryan Madson rather than Brad Lidge. Madson was shaky and gave up a run, but he never seemed to buckle under the...
Blog | November 02, 2009Podcast: Rob Neyer
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotRob Neyer covers Game 4 of the World Series , discussing Alex Rodriguez, Brad Lidge, Cole Hamels and more
Blog | November 02, 2009Monday Mendozas
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...I wondered if it would be poor form to revisit what I've been writing about Brad Lidge since late August: * According to Cliff Lee, he was willing to start Game 4 on short...
Blog | November 02, 2009Kneejerk Reactions: Game 4
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...base upon noticing the simple fact that, umm, nobody was covering third. How important was that? Brad Lidge, perhaps worried about one of his patented sliders skipping past Carlos Ruiz, fed fastballs to Alex...
Blog | November 02, 2009Friday Filberts
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...saved at the last moment by a nifty bit of line-drive-inducing relief work from Brad Lidge ... I'm sure I've asked this question before, but ... Why aren't contemporary photographs beautiful...
Blog | October 16, 2009Numbers not on Phillies' side
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...this: Let's assume that the Phillies do beat the Rockies. With the 2008 version of Brad Lidge protecting small leads, I would rate the Phillies as slight underdogs against the Dodgers. With the...
Blog | October 15, 2009Manuel again turns to Lidge
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotWell, Brad Lidge got the job done. It sure didn't look easy, though. Tom Verducci: When the...
Blog | October 12, 2009Wednesday Wangdoodles
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...I was surprised to find the Phillies winning 626 of them. But did the sim use Brad Lidge in as many high-leverage situations as Charlie Manuel has threatened to? I don't...
Blog | October 07, 2009Will Lidge throw meaningful pitches?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...39;s where even beleaguered guys like Lidge can find instant vindication, or find out how quickly one more bad pitch can make them vilified. If Brad Lidge makes one more bad pitch, nobody...
Blog | October 06, 2009Hoffman will add to record in 2010
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...266 Billy Wagner: .266 Jason Isringhausen: .284 Francisco Cordero: .308 Joe Nathan: .253 Francisco Rodriguez: .269 Brad Lidge: .319 Eddie Guardado: .284 Jose Valverde: .273 There's a selection bias here, of course...
Blog | October 05, 2009Joba seals Division Series fate
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...now, Chamberlain doesn't deserve a spot on a Division Series roster any more than Brad Lidge or Tim Wakefield do
Blog | October 01, 2009Looking past the bullpen's ERA
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...as bad as it has shown or seemed to be in the last week or so. Brad Lidge has been the only consistently poor performer. The success of the Phillies' bullpen in the...
Blog | September 29, 2009Can Happ bring happy ninths?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...can't cobble together an effective staff, one through eight, that's not on Brad Lidge; it's on him. (Oh, by the way, Happ is not going to be your...
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