Who gets your vote for Philadelphia Sportsperson of the Year?
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Lidge voted Daily News Sportsperson of the Year
"I loved playing in the first [WBC], I really did. I think the experience of it was awesome. At the same time, the 2006 season [1-5, 5.28] was far and away my worst one. How I felt pitching, my mechanics, trying to repeat pitches. I just struggled the entire year. Obviously, a lot of that's my fault. We should be able to make adjustments at the major league level. But, for whatever reason, I had a tough time. And I don't want to get in a bad way and have to battle through that again."
This year, Lidge can't wait for the season to begin, even though he knows it means putting his streak back on the line.
YONG KIM / Staff photographer
Brad Lidge and the Phillies were the ultimate winners.
"Inevitably it will end," he admitted. "There's no question about that."
Of course Lidge will be unable to hold a lead and the Phillies will lose as a result, someday. Baseball is a game of failure, after all.
The vote totals
The balloting for Daily News Sportsperson of the Year used a 5-4-3-2-1 system and was voted on by a panel of the Daily News sports staff and other experts (first-place votes in parenthesis).
1. Brad Lidge, 133 (13)
2. Charlie Manuel, 100 (12)
3. Cole Hamels, 93 (7)
4. Ryan Howard, 26
5. Bernard Hopkins, 22
6. Brian Dawkins, 19
- Paul Holmgren, 19
8. Chase Utley, 17
9. John Stevens, 12
10. Jamie Moyer, 11 (1)
- Pat Gillick, 11
11. Mike Richards, 10
12. Brian Westbrook, 9
- Curtis Drake, 9
