8/15 Watch like a Hawk

[Palodios]

He got me too NS!!!! I don't know how old Palodios is and haven't been able to figure out if he's a young guy or middle adult but he knows his stuff and is not beyond giving a well deserved needle when appropriate---and I enjoy the exchanges. A friend told me that he disagrees with me about this thing about a clutch hitter, saying that there is no such thing. I guess he forgot Ortiz. However, he totally agreed with me with my take about the opposite. There are guys who do choke with men on base and he believes this is a malady that usually doesn't correct itself. I'm hoping he's wrong about this because if he's not we have a long and potentially miserable future experience ahead of us with Bogaerts who has shown the very thing that scares the living s*** out of me---the inability to hit when it counts.

 

Thanks Fred. J_E is the guy who really doesn't believe in RISP. Personally, I think that power hitters are more successful with RISP only due to infield positioning. Ortiz probably loves having guys on base because teams are less likely to put the shift on him. There is also an element of nervousness. Hopefully as Bogaerts ages, his power increases, and composure increase, inevitably making him a better middle of the order bat.