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Lidge earns save as Phillies beat Astros 7-5

Brad Lidge could hardly wait to face the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. He couldn’t have imagined it going any better than this.

Lidge returned to Houston on Thursday night and looked like his old, overpowering self while earning his 12th save in the Philadelphia Phillies’ 7-5 victory over his former team.

But there was more to it than that.

He heard an odd mix of boos and cheers when he trotted out from the visitors’ bullpen. He struck out Michael Bourn, one of the players the Astros acquired for him in a big trade last November.

And he got Lance Berkman, one of baseball’s top hitters, to pop out on the first pitch for the final out.

“It was a lot of fun for me, a lot of adrenaline,” Lidge said. “Coming in a situation like that, it doesn’t get much better than that. That’s what we play this game for, to have situations like that. It felt great.”

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It's interesting to watch a team go from the underdog to the team on top that everyone tries to knock down. I am a Bostonian and sat through what seemed like endless years of sub-par Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots teams that disappointed me annually. The poor Red Sox, people thought they had a curse that couldn't be lifted. But now the Sox are World Series winners twice in three years, something I never thought I'd say! All of a sudden, the Red Sox are the mighty that everyone will want to beat. They are the bad guys now, the ones everybody wants a piece of.

And it's the same thing with the Patriots. They are now hated by lots of football fans. One commentator called every game against the Pats as that team's Super Bowl. I haven't seen the Patriots this year, but I went to the Angeles vs Red Sox game 3 in the playoffs and also Game 2 of the World Series. I bought game tickets from here. This year, I think I am going to forget about sports for a while and instead check out a show, maybe Young Frankenstein. But of course you can bet you'll see me at Fenway Park or Wrigley Field during this upcoming MLB season.