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Lidge has 161 more games to prove you right or wrong... why try and convince us? If he truly sucks like you say he does he will prove it himself.


I think the argument is pretty simple: "Lidge has already proven, time after time after time last year, that he could NOT handle the closer's role, why is he still playing that role."

The common rebuttal to this argument is either "You are being whiny fans" or "Give him some more time, he might come around" or my favorite "He was actually a good closer last year."

Basically, waiting for lidge to prove that he sucks ended about the middle of last year. It is time to move forward.

btw. If Lidge turns out to be the Lidge of old, I will gladly be proven wrong and admit it. Most fans around here have been waiting to be proved wrong for a long time, thus the rancor.