Brad Lidge
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"Bradley Thomas "Brad" Lidge" is a former professional baseball relief pitcher. He pitched for the Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Nationals.

Lidge threw a four-seam fastball that consistently reached 91 or 92 miles per hour, as well as a hard, sharp breaking slider that ranged from 85 to 87 mph. He sealed the Phillies' 2008 World Series championship with the final out, a strikeout of Eric Hinske in Game 5.

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Obviously, a lot of guys on the team have family there. There's a great deal of concern because it's a very powerful storm.

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It really is (important). We really needed these game. To take two is a real momentum builder for us. Everybody's taking care of their business.

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Some people will say it doesn't matter, but I think it was a pretty important win just because of losing those four in the playoffs and going 0-6 here this year, ... We need to mentally know that we can come here and beat these guys. I think we do know that. We just have to come out and do it. The fact that we did it tonight will help us mentally.

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Once they start the game my focus is on baseball. But the moment I left the clubhouse and the moment I came back, I'm looking at the Weather Channel or CNN, looking at the hurricane. Obviously, a lot of guys on the team have family there. There's a great deal of concern because it's a very powerful storm.

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Last year, I felt good going into the playoffs, but I definitely felt like I had thrown a lot of innings as well, ... I feel a lot fresher now than I did any time in the past.

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The traffic jams are so bad, ... This hurricane is on the forefront of our minds, for sure.

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Obviously, it was good for me to not have a high pitch count those two innings, but I really needed to throw, ... Garner knows at this point in the season I'm available to do whatever he needs. Because our setup guys have done such a great job this year, I haven't had to throw the eighth inning at all, and that's really spared me to this point.

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It was great just to see him out and about. He had tons of energy last night, and it was nice to see him.

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(Catcher) Brad (Ausmus) did a great job of timing that one. He was set up for a high fastball to make it look like I was going to throw a high fastball, so maybe the runner was looking at Brad instead of me.

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