No team has ever won a World Series with a closer that has struggled as badly as Brad Lidge. Lidge's ERA is 7.21 and he's on pace to blow 11 saves in 2009. "I don't think they're in as much trouble as the Cubs," a scout told ESPN.com of the Phillies, "because at least they've got a lockdown eighth-inning guy in [Ryan] Madson. And Lidge's stuff is still OK. But he's throwing too many sliders. His command is awful. And I think he's still got some aches and pains in his legs he's trying to pitch through." A rival exec said, "I know they like Madson in that set-up role, and they don't want to change that. But when you get to October, everything's out the window. If you've got to dump Lidge [as the closer], that's what you've got to do. You can't worry about feelings that time of year."