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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
Lidge didn't carve up Mather and Stavinoha, they did it to themselves. When he gets in a jam, he throws nothing but the slider, and he doesn't throw it in the zone. If they would have just taken the first two pitches from him, they could have gotten a pitch to hit, or he would have overthrown his fastball and sailed two of them up there.
You just have to let him make mistakes.
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Thats part of the deal. Lidge is hot this year. He's performing at the highest level. He's making All-Stars look foolish. The rooks will do better next time. Remember the Pujols at bat against Lidge before the homer in 2005? Pujols struck out horribly lunging at a pitch in the dirt lost his balance etc. The next at bat? One of the hardest hit balls I've ever seen.
Its easy to handle these horrible games or at least tolerate them without kicking the dog because we won it all in 2006 and all the glowing reports on the prospects down on the farm that are looking ready to contribute in 2009 and 2010.