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Originally Posted by MaTH716
Charlie Manuel/Ruben Amaro should shoulder some blame there. There was an obvious issue and they didn't address it. They just hoped that he would recapture his form from last year. But it's very tough to call an audible once you reach the playoffs, you can't be tinkering with things there. They fixed the rotation and basically stole Cliff Lee, maybe Amaro should have traded one more chip and acquire another 8th inning/possible closer type. But with all that being said, the Phiilies din't lose the World Series cause of Brad Lidge.
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I agree.. see the post after yours.
It was just especially rough on me knowing what was going to occur.
And yes they needed to just give up on Lidge.. I read Philly.com almost every day this season, and there was article after article about just giving up on Lidge.. Charlie always said "he's our closer.. blah blah blah.. maybe he'll get back the mental part.. blah blah blah". Then Charlie actually benched him the last few weeks.. and Madson did equally as poorly in the 9th spot.
Yes the blame is on Charlie and Amaro for this.. they needed to get Sherill when they were getting Cliff (though Scuds may disagree). Like I said, Lidge just performed the same way he had been all year.