That’s what the folks over at Sports Illustrated say. In making their case for Lidge as a potential Cy Young Award candidate (and to be honest, they have a good one), the writers pull out this staggering bit o’ statistical knowledge:
I’m sure you’ve heard this mentioned elsewhere, but the Fightin’s are 75-0 when leading after the eighth inning. That’s 75 wins. Zero losses. Holy shit. In 40 of those wins, Lidge has been responsible for holding down a lead of three runs or less (and lately, they’ve been less).
We here at The Fightin’s haven’t given our closer much love in the past, but sooner or later the greatness of Lidge’s performance since his arrival in spring had to receive the credit he and it so richly deserve. (Hey, remember that knee injury?) FanNation beat us to it, so shame on us.
The next time you (or I) begin cursing Romero for his annoying habit of walking baserunners before striking out the side, or hiding your face in dread when Clay Condrey takes the mound, remember that they’re doing a much better job than you might be willing to admit, and that Lidge is the anchor of it all. You’ll be happy to have these guys in the wings when the postseason rolls around.
(No jinx! No jinx!)
Remember, Phillies fans: You could do much, much, much worse.
Ten reasons why Lidge has been more valuable than K-Rod [FanNation]
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But isn’t Drowning Pool his entrance music? Come on Brad, you could do much better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLSA-zI18eE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjoX5opLl3M
I also have a good metal song for Ryan Howard if he’s interested.
Finally someone else sees this… I’ve been preaching this all season, and have found few who agree with me. Way to say it like it is HDYSR.
Err… I mean Chams…
…and I like Lidge’s song… It’s perfect for him… Drowning Pool rocks.
There’s a lot of truth to these points but I still think he’s a dark horse candidate.
Isn’t there a stat for tough saves? I’d like to see what kind of numbers Rodriguez has there. For his 60th save on Saturday, he pitched to one batter.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=280920113
Dude, that sixtieth save was tough; he had to throw one pitch.
And Drowning Pool rocks? Didn’t we already come to a consensus on nu-metal when there was an alleged Limp Bizkit quote?
Limp Bizkit sucked, and that was thanks to the suckiest suck of all, Fred Durst… Drowning Pool is nothing like Limp Bizkit… Limp Bizkit was a Pop, wannabe metal/rap band, lead by the king of suck Fred Durst… Drowning Pool is a new Metal/Industrial Rock band, with a frontman that actually could sing until he died.
I’ll agree that Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth, and Motorhead are true Metal Gods… but there are some good new metal bands out there…
Satyricon, Amon Amarth, Lamb of God, etc, is good. But fuck Megadeth (Sakis Tolis > Dave Mustaine).
wow. you guys are metal-dorks. i didn’t know you existed.
True metal nerdom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chiVMrWMHko
True, but Mariano > both this year.
Justin: Ah yes, the resident Yankee shithead shows his pinstripes. You do realize we’re talking about 2008, right?