We were shutdown by the likes of Sterling Hitchcock too. Besides which, no other team had problems beating Maddux, Smoltz, and Glavine in the playoffs all those years. We pitched phenomenally in several of those games but lost because of our hitting.
You must lead a very painful life if you can't forget Lugo. Most Astros fans keep memories of him buried deep enough that it takes a really egregious error to recall him.
I agree that he's an all-star calibur player, but remember, EVERY team gets to send at least one player. Brad Ausmus was the Tiger's all-star between his Astros stints.
I actually liked Lugo very much. And then he goes crazy and had family problems, and just liek the rockets, the astros decide to cut their ties with any players with family problems...
"Family problems"?? Lugo was accused of punching his wife in the mouth and slamming her head into the car. He was arrested outside of the ballpark. He was coming off a season where he hit .260/8/35 splitting time with Vizcaino, who outhit Lugo and played more steady defense. Adam Everett had just come up and was supposed to be a better prospect who played stellar defense. They were giving up on a guy who didn't look to be in their long term future plans anyway, because the off-the-field negatives outweighed his marginal production on the field. In hindsight, Lugo's a very good offensive shortstop who remains erratic with the glove. I don't think the decision to trade him was one that's haunted the organization, not by any stretch of the imagination. Just like the Rockets probably don't regret getting rid of Eddie Griffin's bad attitude.
We were looking for a reason to drop Lugo before he beat his wife. He might have become a better hitter than he was when he was here, but that doesn't mean the same would have happened if he stayed.
I will not say if I am a proponent of the trade or not but I will say one thing though - that Dreyton and Tim Pup have more baseball knowledge [or Astros team as constituted] than you and I may ever ever know. I think Pup is a smart man - in fact I dare say he is smarter than you when it comes to baseball. Deal?
Two big clutch outs in the 8th by Lidge. 5/5 in save opportunities. The guy has been successful for us thus far and he hasn't even really been in sync yet. Lidge is the man. That is all.
i could be wrong but i thought it was shown later that lugo's wife made the whole thing up. either way i'd rather have everett at this point.
ouch i think we all kinda saw this coming from a mile away. he even took the same "i just took a dump on the mound" pose he did after pujols in game 5.
Well, mother****er DID take a dump on the mound, and he's flushing his career right down with the turd. I hate to see the guy lose it, but Lidge isn't even close to reliable anymore. It's gonna take a minor miracle for him to become decent again, let alone dominant. Even mediocre hitters are smelling that slider a mile away.
Lidge was 7 for 7 this year in saves, but that stat doesn't tell the whole story. His ERA was still close to 4 BEFORE Nomar hit that Grand Slam. Lidge = done
Lidge is too predictable now and without a 3rd pitch like a change up, he's done. I've lost all my confidence in him!!
Yep...they've figured him out. His slider is virtually unhittable, but it is also a ball about 80% of the time. They are just going to keep sitting on that fastball and tearing him up. He definitely needs a solid change-up or something offspeed, or he's not going to last much longer.
