If you listened closely enough this past Wednesday, you could hear the collective groan of a city when we were all informed that Brad Lidge would be leaving Denver in the middle of a series with the Rockies to head back to Philadelphia for an MRI on his surgically-repaired elbow.
Ryan Madson is already out for a couple months and the bullpen probably wasn't up to snuff to begin with, so losing Lidge would be an absolute catastrophe.
But Lidge and Phillie fans everywhere got some good news on Friday when it was revealed that there is only minor swelling in the joint and nothing more serious like a bone chip or any ligament damage that would have required a stint on the DL.
"We knew the elbow joint swelled up, but the problem is, we didn't really know if there was ...
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Phillies’ Closer Brad Lidge Gets Some Good News After Elbow MRI
Posted: 15th May 2010 by Bob Cunningham in MLBComments Off on Phillies’ Closer Brad Lidge Gets Some Good News After Elbow MRI