tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35665323.post4828081241084801577..comments2024-02-15T00:09:20.725-08:00Comments on Signal to Noise: waiting for Godot.Signal to Noisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18128427529258396556noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35665323.post-49829361876481217992007-02-03T16:53:00.000-08:002007-02-03T16:53:00.000-08:00Damn, I forgot about Lidge's utter collapse and lo...Damn, I forgot about Lidge's utter collapse and loss of closer mojo -- dude never recovered from getting touched up by Pujols. Thanks for mentioning that.<br /><br />If Clemens is in the starting rotation for the whole season, though, maybe Garner makes that switch earlier or a few games are decided in Houston's favor to tamper the effect. Then again, Lidge could have blown a number of good Clemens starts and left them in the same position.Signal to Noisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18128427529258396556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35665323.post-81822228468149957812007-02-03T16:27:00.000-08:002007-02-03T16:27:00.000-08:00I agree with your point about the extra starts Cle...I agree with your point about the extra starts Clemens would have made in May/June and if it would have helped Houston catch St. Louis.<br /><br />However, having watched nearly every game the Astros played in 2006, I can tell you that the extra starts from Clemens would have been rendered moot if Phil Garner had jsut stopped using Lidge as his closer. Lidge blew 2 games against St. Louis (one in STL, one in HOU) that would have turned the tide completly in Houston's favor. And these games happened well after Lidge showed he was unreliable.Boujhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16364584762357219980noreply@blogger.com