Hope so. Tell Lane and Hidalgo to hit the road and have Pence split time in center and right with Scott and Burke.
Lidge is midseason form, 1 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO. Hunter Pence was 3-3 with a 3 run homer and a double. Ensberg had a solo homer and Everett had two errors.
Wheeler gave up 2 runs as well so probably shouldn't put much stock into it...he very well could have been working on a particular pitch. I'd rather the Astros suck bad right now...then carry it over into the regular season.
Lidge has really got to bear down this Spring Training and get some confidence. I hope he is not working on "new" stuff because I just want to see that his "old" stuff is back.
You're kidding, right? In honor of a new season, and because somebody mentioned it earlier, here's the absolute greatest sports meltdown of all time. God Bless Lee Elia: http://kenn.com/sounds/elia.wav [Very not safe for work] Ahhh, Cubfan. "85% of the world is working, the other 15% come here." Greatness.
Hunter Pence is tearing up ST. He should make the team without a doubt. Too bad he can't replace ausmus.
Only 3 games in. Not nearly enough. Plus, they aren't going to risk it again after what happened to Luke Scott 2 years ago.
Nope ... if he doesn't do jack in March, he shouldn't be the closer to start the season. The pressure needs to be on him now because I don't want to wait for the season to start to put the pressure on him and see how he does. He hasn't earned that right.
