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Post by strosfan4ever730 on Jul 31, 2006 2:08:09 GMT -5
Ok so today I went to the astros game for my birthday, I got to see Clemens pitch and strike out 9 through 7 innings, it was a great game, I had great seats, and the sell out crowd made it even better. so when they pull clemens in the 8th due to pitch count he has a 5-1 lead, they bring in chad Qualls who gives up 4 quick runs and only gets a whopping 1 out. The Astros bring in Trevor Miller who does very well and sits down the next 2 and then in the 9th gets the first 2 batters out. When Phil Garner decides its time to Bring in Brad "lights out" Lidge who walks the first batter and then gives up a homer that goes to the railroad tracks(which is about 450 ft.) The stros lost the game 6-5. And clemens gets a ND. What happened to the old Brad Lidge that really was lights out, the astros are now thinking of trading him to the rangers, and all i can say to that is "amen." This really isn't unusual for the astros, do you think the astros should be patient and just wait it out because there is no question that he will return to the way he was last year and 2 yeras ago. or should you get rid of him now?
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Post by nyjyrk on Jul 31, 2006 7:58:34 GMT -5
It could be a few things. - Ralph Branca syndrome. He gave up the moster shot to Pujols in the NLCS, and those HR in the World Series and his confidence is shot.Same thing happened to Donnie Moore, Tom Niedenfuer, and Mitch Williams. - the rest of the league caught up with him. He was a rookie last year, and as I've said before, MLB hitters have a tendency to catch up with young pitchers. - he may have an injury he's not telling anyone about. - He may be tipping his pitches. Back in 1989, word spread around the NL that Dwight Gooden was looking into his glove whenever he threw a breaking ball to adjust his grip, but not when he threw a fastball. He may be doing something as simple as taking a deep breath before throwing a fastball (like Bret Saberhagen did one year). MLB hitters and hitting instructors watch hours of tape on a pitcher, just to pick up on any "tells".
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Post by phillyhb on Jul 31, 2006 13:51:36 GMT -5
Yeah, he's young, and promising. I wouldn't give up on him just yet.
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Post by strosfan4ever730 on Jul 31, 2006 14:25:04 GMT -5
yea I head some of they're announcers talking about how the pitching coach was working on having him not tip his pitches becuase they thought that he might have been doing that in the playoffs last year.
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Post by nyjyrk on Jul 31, 2006 22:39:30 GMT -5
Baseball is a game of patience, and in this point and click, knee jerk reaction world we live in, the media tends to get a little overzealous. Most likely in a couple of years you'll say "remember when we almost traded him?" Two weeks ago all of the so called experts said that the Yankees only option was to trade A-Rod. In two weeks they'll be saying that he's an important cog in thier team, and that they would not be where they are without him. Just be patient and see what he does over a course of a couple years, not a couple of months.
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Post by mets2579 on Aug 5, 2006 5:22:03 GMT -5
Personally, I think it's a lack of confidence triggered by the Pujols home run. He barely blew saves before that. Now I bet that he thinks a lot up on the mound. He might want to get the grips perfect so he doesn't screw up, but doesn't realize he's tipping his pitches. He's trying to be perfect and most likely trying to place his pitches instead of just throwing like most other successful pitchers do.
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Post by strosfan4ever730 on Aug 6, 2006 19:14:11 GMT -5
hes starting to come around, he just struck out the side two days in a row about 2 days ago, lets hope he got his confidence back.
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