Brad Lidge's slider made baseball history, but the former Phillies closer is now digging into a very different kind of fieldwork. The 2008 World Series hero has traded saves for shovels as he pursues ...

CHICAGO - It wasn't like Brad Lidge hadn't been in this situation before: Standing on the mound in the ninth inning, trying to protect a one-run lead and secure a save. He'd been there plenty of times ...

Sixteen years ago, Brad Lidge and the 2008 Philadelphia Phillies celebrated the franchise's second-ever World Series title with a parade down Broad Street. Fans and baseball card collectors can soon ...

Some retired MLB players become coaches. Some retired MLB players become broadcasters. Former All-Star closer Brad Lidge chose a different path. The former Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies ...

Lidge talks about the highs and lows of his playing days in Houston — including giving up a particular gut punch of a home run — and how down time on the road led him to his new career excavating ...

The Nationals announced Thursday they have signed two-time All-Star reliever Brad Lidge to a one-year contract. Nationals pitching coach Steve McCatty said Lidge brings a lot to help make the bullpen ...

Re-airing the Phillies' 2008 postseason run, as we have been here at NBC Sports Philadelphia over the past week, has provided us with a reminder of just how talented a group of players the team had in ...

The parallels, even across eras and cities, are striking: Two closers dominate the National League with a fastball/slider combo. Knee injuries strike. Both are gentle souls, and as the quality of ...

Nationals add reliever as late-inning option The Nationals signed right-handed relief pitcher Brad Lidge to a one-year contract, the team announced Thursday. The 35-year-old veteran has long been one ...

While the multiple ramifications to the Astros' lineup have yet to be determined following the club's acquisition of center fielder Carlos Beltran during Thursday's 3-2 win over Pittsburgh at Minute ...

In what general manager Tim Purpura called "an obvious decision," struggling righthander Brad Lidge learned Friday he has been temporarily removed from his role as the team's closer. Lidge, the club's ...

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