Tuesday night, the Phillies and Cubs were tied at 1 in the top of the 9th, when Lidge took the mound. Things started out great, with Brad forcing Derrek Lee into a 1-3 groundout.
Then things started to take a Lidge-like turn when he plunked the very next batter he faced, putting Aramis Ramirez on first with Fukudome coming up to bat.
What happened next has to be seen to be believed. Fukudome smacked a hard grounder right back at the mound and Lidge brought his front foot up for a kick save, redirecting it to Young James, standing on second with an open glove, who fired it to Howard for an inning-ending double play in a startling display of right-place-right-time luck.
Ramirez was running on the pitch and yet both runners were still beaten by at least 3 steps each.
Anyway, here’s the enhanced and annotated .GIF:
The other angle after the jump:
A month ago this team couldn’t do anything right. They couldn’t hit, couldn’t field, couldn’t pitch or even get a lucky break once in awhile.
Now, with the way they’re playing a month later, it seems like they could eat sausage and peppers and drink beer all night, then fart rose petals the next morning.
They are a blast to watch right now, and I like it.
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July 24th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
“Put another one in the win column for” Tugger.
July 24th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Umm, that first gif is ENCHANTING. I have watched it about 40 times straight now and I love it more every time!
July 24th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
I am seriously mesmerized. Thanks for this, because watching live baseball and the Cards’ approximately 83 consecutive base hits sucks right now.
July 25th, 2009 at 12:25 am
yeah this was pretty incredible. I watch soccer [football] too and Lidge might be the most skilled footballer of all to perform a move usually seen on the pitch on a baseball diamond with a ball approximately 7 times smaller than the usual one.
Great stuff.
July 25th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Add some batman “Wham” or “Smak” quotes and it would be more effective.
July 25th, 2009 at 11:53 am
the first animation makes it look like Lidge meant to kick that ball to Young James.. nice work!
July 25th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
This is brilliant. Winner winner chicken dinner.