Wiphan

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

The guy is a great closer. He gave up one awful HR to Pujols which obviously was devastating as it lingered into the 2006 season but since then he has been lights out. The famous HR game was his 4th game in a row during that seris. He saved the other 3. His stats are especially good considering he has pitched his home games at 2 of the best hitters parks in baseball. He and KRod have close to identical post season numbers. I guess you forgot the 2 games Krod lost in the 2004 playoffs before he was even closing. The Phillies dont make the playoffs without Lidge. The Mets win the division by 8 games if they had him.

He was bad down the stretch in '05, had a horrendous postseason that year, and was lousy to awful the next two seasons. He had a very good year this regular season, but pitching in the postseason is a whole different beast, and until he proves that he's exorcised those demons, spare me the "but he's so valuable!" speech.

If the Mets had a good closer, they would have won the division? You don't say. Thanks Bill James, everything suddenly makes sense now.