{"id":325,"date":"2009-06-09T16:14:55","date_gmt":"2009-06-09T21:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=325"},"modified":"2009-06-09T16:15:10","modified_gmt":"2009-06-09T21:15:10","slug":"lidge-hits-the-dl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=325","title":{"rendered":"Lidge Hits the DL"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the Phils get ready for a big series with the Mets, they did make a move on Brad Lidge, placing him on the 15-day DL <\/a>with a sprained knee.\u00a0 It’s become fashionable for teams to “create” an injury when a veteran is struggling, but here’s \"lidge\"hoping (in a weird way) that there is actually something\u00a0wrong with Lidge’s knee and that he can come back as good as ever in 2 or 3 weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a somewhat perplexing move, the Phils called up journeyman backup catcher Paul Bako to take Lidge’s spot on the roster.\u00a0 Now, they were carrying an extra pitcher, so it’s not surprising that they would replace Lidge with a position player, but why a third catcher on the roster?\u00a0 Plus, Bako bats lefty and the Phils could obviously use another right-handed bat off the bench.\u00a0 I guess the thinking is that having Bako frees up Chris Coste to pinch-hit, but you would think Charlie would appreciate a little more flexibility with his bench than he’ll have with two catchers sitting there.\u00a0 In any event, I don’t think Bako will be around for too long.\u00a0 The existence of this website<\/a> doesn’t bode well for the Paul Bako era in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

We get Johan tonight.\u00a0 A win would be HUGE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the Phils get ready for a big series with the Mets, they did make a move on Brad Lidge, placing him on the 15-day DL with a sprained knee.\u00a0 It’s become fashionable for teams to “create” an injury when … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[23,332,630,16],"class_list":["post-325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mlb","tag-brad-lidge","tag-chris-coste","tag-paul-bako","tag-phillies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}