Vindication for Brad Lidge, Kinda

by Bill Baer on March 15th, 2010
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With a doff of the cap to Baseball Think Factory, former Houston Astros third baseman Morgan Ensberg tells us why he was partially responsible for the go-ahead, three-run home run Brad Lidge served up to Albert Pujols in Game 5 of the 2005 NLCS.

What’s my point?

Eckstein’s hit in the “5–6? hole was the difference in the game.  I was not positioned properly at third base.

Why does it matter?

If Eckstein gets on base, Lidge had to face the lefty Edmonds. In 2004 and 2005, Edmonds hit 4 home runs into the left field Crawford Boxes.   Behind Edmonds is Pujols, the best hitter the game has ever seen.
Click on through to find out exactly why Ensberg wasn’t positioned properly. It’s a fascinating read and just goes to show you once again that we will never be able to fully account for all of the variables in the great game of baseball.
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  1. One Response to “Vindication for Brad Lidge, Kinda”

  2. By Jake on Mar 15, 2010

    So Ensberg was at least partly responsible for the 08 World Series. He just went up a notch in my book.

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