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The O's 2B looks like he could use a sammich.

http://smokeysoffice.com/Entertain/MASH/MashPhoto/Cast/HotLips.jpg Way to go hot lips! (Loretta Switt - Hot Lips Houlihan on M.A.S.H.)

http://www.gis.net/~scatt/earlywork/SM-oriole396.jpeg Just win.

If they are going to keep the unbalanced schedule and interleague play, which makes it very hard to make up rained out games with non-division opponents, then I think MLB should require that new stadiums have retractable roofs. I don't like domes, but I'm fine with a retractable roof.

It seems that way because you don't remember a K with the bases juiced or a GIDP in a close game as much as you remember when he does something to help the team. I couldn't find the link to an article showing his late in-game batting record in the postseason, so I just went through the game logs on Retrosheet.org. He has a .307 BA and a .389 OBP after the 7th in the postseason. Right in line with his career averages. And, there are just as many times he came up small as there are that he came up big. There are just as many times he failed to start the rally as there are times that he started one. In short, he's a very good ball player, and he continues to be a good ball player in the postseason, but he doesn't elevate his game. He just doesn't choke. If that defines clutch for you, then so be it, but I'm not buying it. To be honest (I didn't save the spreadsheet, so don't ask for the numbers), much of his clutch reputation has to do with his 1st postseason (1996). He was phenominal late in games that postseason, and thus the legend was born. It's hard to change minds on subsequent performances once that happens, and he has done some big things to perpetuate that myth, but he's also let the team down. Luckily for him, he was on some great teams with players that picked him up, the Yankees won, and his failures were washed away as inconsequential.

Shocker. The guy's got a career OBP of .380+. I'd take him too, but I'd take him for his stats, not his Jeterian Clutchness.

Come on man. Do you really think he has some special ability to start a rally? Perhaps it is due to lineup construction. He's alway hit near the top of the order, and the big/good bats have followed him his whole career. Think that may play a little role in his "rally starting ability"? And you tell me to break it down. Funny.

He is part of nearly every yankee postseason rally, and he makes his hits count when he gets them. Unless he's hitting HRs, that's ********. Someone has to do something at the plate to bring him home, and he has no control over that. Why is it we are biased in this instead of you? We all admit he's a very good player, but we agree that the media myth about him being clutch is nothing more than him getting a season's worth of chances in the postseason to make memorable plays. Is he a choker? Absolutely not, because his overall numbers in the post season pretty much match his career numbers. That doesn't make him clutch though. His splits in those categories for his postseason stats are even more unflattering than career numbers, so it is still valid. EDIT: Typo.

The article does. Bernie Wiliams. I guess like most Yankee fans, you don't bother to read the article when you don't like the title and just make assumptions from there. EDIT: Typo.

Your team needs an hit in every AB, and it needs you to field every ball in the field. Therefore, everyone with a hit is clutch. YAY FOR EVERYONE! Whether you like it or not, clutch is pretty much accepted as a combination of hitting w/ RISP and hitting in Close & Late situations. Jeter's career stats in those situations are lower than his career overall stats. You cannot deny that fact. You want to know what I love about stats? They aren't biased. They aren't subject to hero worship and selective memory. They account every walk-off hit/HR just as much as they account for every game ending GIDP with a RISP. No intelligent responses? Funny, we all seem to grasp the concept of clutch as currently defined. You, on the other hand, reject sound analysis because it challenges your hero-worship of a player on your team. Now who's being ignorant?

3rd inning clutch? I stopped reading right there.

In a season where the league average was 2.90, and the mound was 5" higher. Petey circa 2000 would have an ERA under 1 in that environment.

Andrew is turning it around at the plate. 4/5 last night with a 2B & 3B Season: 111 AB, .252/.317/.414, 6 2B, 3 3B, 2 HR, 26/9 K/BB

FWIW, ERA+ takes the era into account. Keefe's 294 was with a 0.86 ERA in a league where the average was 2.52. That's still impressive. What isn't impressive to me is that he only pitched 105 innings in that season, making 12 starts. This is in an era where teams used only one primary starting pitcher because they weren't throwing overhand at the time and fatigue wasn't a big issue. Thus, he wasn't the best pitcher on his team. Seems flukish to me.

The Eunuch is toast. He's getting slapped around by the puchless A's in the 1st. Leadoff walk, K, 2-run bomb (by a lefty), single, single, RBI ground-out..... 3 in, 2 down.

I don't think the Nats new owners are going to accept a whole lot of nothing for one of their best trading chips. I don't doubt that they'll want to be free from his contract/attitude, but they are going to want some value in return, and the market will provide it for someone like Soriano (especially given his good start). I personally think he's overrated, but you won't get him for the drek you just mentioned.

I think the best stat to look at when comparing pitchers across different eras is ERA+. It reflects performance in relation to league average and is park adjusted. Where is Petey on the all-time ERA+ list? #1 by a wide margin (career ERA+ of 166, 2nd place is 148 - Lefty Grove). Where is Sandy on the all-time list? #31 with an ERA+ of 131. Petey's brilliance won't be matched for quite some time IMO. EDIT: Because I love this topic when it comes up, take a look at their best year ever.... Pedro (2000) - 285 ERA+ (#2 all-time), .737 WHIP (#1 all-time), 5.31 H/9 (#4 all-time), 11.78 K/9 (#9 all-time) Sandy (1966) - 190 ERA+ (#56t all-time), .985 WHIP (not in top-100), 6.72 H/9 (not in top-100), 8.83 K/9 (not in top-100) All-time ranks for single season in those categories (which I think measure dominance better than any other stats)..... Pedro - #2 ERA+ (2000), #1 WHIP (2000), #4 H/9 (2000), #2 K/9 (1999) Sandy - #56 ERA+ (1966), #17 WHIP (1965), #11 H/9 (1965), #40 K/9 (1965) All-time ranks for career in those categories...... Pedro - #1 ERA+, #3 WHIP, #3 H/9, #3 K/9 Sandy - #31 ERA+, #21 WHIP, #2 H/9, #5 K/9 Petey wins.

Sandy's peak was great, but not as good as Pedro's. Sandy's best season's are probably more valuable due to the innings he logged, but they aren't nearly as dominant. No booing Pedro.

Maybe the fact that it hasn't stopped raining since last night has something to do with it? Maybe the fact that it isn't forecast to stop raining until tomorrow evening has something to do with the scheduling of the DH? Maybe you are just trying to smear s*** on another non-issue again with your anti-Sox tripe? Pretty sad, Riv, pretty sad.

Sandy Vaginitis. The only cure is to throw money at the player so they feel "respected".

Kid? He's older than you are.

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Aloha.

Not to mention the fact that the Phils just lost an OF for a little while (Rowand).

You really have a hard time getting my point. I said it looks like he has turned the corner and if he can pitch like he has the last two weeks going forward, then he'll get called up. I realize his season stats don't look good, but that is because he had two really bad outings to start the year. If he pitches like that again in the next month, then yeah, they need to wait. But, his progression has been a steady improvement with each start. FWIW, here's his last two weeks.... 3 starts, 1.80 ERA, 8.4 K/9, 1.8 BB/9, 7.8 H/9, 0.6 HR/9, 1.07 WHIP If he keeps up that level, or close to it, for the next month, and the aformentioned pitchers continue to define suckitude, then I think we'll see him called up. Lots of IFs, but I can see it happening.