Being from Houston and an Astros fan, Lidge is my favorite Astro to watch. Although we might not make the playoffs this year due to run support, it is always a pleasure to watch this guy close. He is so money when it comes time to shut the door. Given Gagne and Smoltz are great closers but Lidge can flat out make hitters look incredibly silly. Hitters look like a pretzel when they try to to hit that wicked slider(and I'm talkin' hitters like Pujols, Edmonds, Rolen) . His strikeouts to innings last year was just absurd and is picking off where he left off last year. The Astros need to do something about that $500K salary because that's ridiculous for this immense talent.