The 2009 Major League Baseball season is almost three months gone, and for some players, it hasn’t gone quite how they’d like.
Brad Lidge, Phillies — In 2007 and 2008, the National League East title
came down to the wire, with both the Mets and Phillies contending for a
spot in the playoffs on the last day of the regular season. Both years,
the principal difference between the two teams was the bullpen — the
Phillies were lights out while even the weakest teams could tee off the
Mets.
Lidge was the centerpiece of the 2008 Phillies bullpen, as he didn’t
blow a save in both the regular season and postseason. Few teams have a
real solid option for the ninth inning, but the Phillies did in 2008
and it was a major factor in their journey to the World Series.