The Brad Lidge Era Limps Out of the Gate
Jim Salibury and Todd Zolecki bring this orange juicy tidbit from Clearwater this morning:
Closer Brad Lidge, the team's key offseason acquisition that allowed the Phillies to return Brett Myers to the rotation, limped off the field this morning after he caught his spike in the mound while throwing live batting practice on Ashburn Field at the Carpenter Complex.
The Phils say it's nothing serious, but any injury to this team's razor thin pitching staff is pretty The Ring-face serious to us.
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And so another wonderful season of Phillies baseball begins...
Posted by: GreggyD | Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 12:48 PM
For fuck's sake.
Posted by: j13 | Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 04:31 PM
OY, the beginning of the end, before the beginning!
Posted by: sean | Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 04:37 PM
Well, if the Phils' brass says there's nothing to worry about, we should be fine...I mean, it's not like the same goddamn thing happened to our closer last year...oh, wait.
Posted by: Crime | Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 07:29 PM
Can someone fire the Phillies' examining physician already? Who's doing the check-ups on these guys? Dr.'s Howard, Fine and Howard?
Posted by: Phils Phan | Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 07:59 PM