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Brad Lidge All Star experience cost him and his team.
Published 8/13/2008 by susan mullen (suedotsue@aol.com) at XM MLB Chat
From MLB.com: "Manager Charlie Manuel maintains that Lidge's tendinitis began in the All-Star Game, when he was warmed up six times before pitching the 15th inning. "Put it this way," Lidge said. "Before the All-Star Game, it was feeling like I had a tiny bit of tendinitis. If I would've just thrown regular at the All-Star Game, like a normal up-and-in inning, it probably would have gone away, because I had the other three days off over the break. I don't want to say the All-Star Game caused it to be bad, but obviously it didn't help.""8/11/08, MLB.com No one ...

Phillies’ Pen Struggling Too
Published 8/15/2008 by Robby O'Daniel at Hot Foot
Billy Wagner went on the disabled list, retroactive to August 3, and since then, the Mets’ bullpen has had a well-documented, topsy-turvey ride. While he was never officially placed on the disabled list, Brad Lidge hasn’t seen action since August 8, thus causing the Phillies’ pen to spin a bit out of control. The Phillies were fine for the first two Lidge-less games, with Chad Durbin and Ryan Madson picking up saves, but since then, the Dodgers swept them in a 4-game series full of close games. While the Phillies claim Lidge has been available to close since Monday, it’s odd that he ...