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Everything posted by a700hitter

  1. a700hitter
    So Victorino is healthy and Castillo is banged up? Go figure.
  2. a700hitter
    Where did they send Moncado to start camp? What is the word on Castillo's injury? Is it the same injury that shut him down in Winter Ball?
  3. a700hitter
    The baseball players whose opinions I would value probably don't know which end of the pencil to hold.
  4. a700hitter
    The question comes down to who you believe -- analytics produced by pencil-pushers or the guys that played the game.
  5. a700hitter
    That is what I said.
  6. a700hitter
    Yaz with runners in scoring position performed better than his career slash line. With RISP and 2 out his OBP was 44 points better than his career mark and his OPS was .829 versus .841 for his career. These numbers probably reflect that he was feared and that opposing managers would rather walk him than let Yaz beat them. In late and close situations, his numbers are pretty close to his career numbers.
  7. a700hitter
    It is more important for the team that he steps up his game on the defensive side of the ball.
  8. a700hitter
    Big Schill could dominate with substandard stuff in the post season in 2007, because the pressure didn't affect his execution. Call it anecdotal if you like, but I'd rather have him taking the bump in a big game over just about anyone, including Clemens and Randy Johnson. They had better careers, but neither was as good in big games as Big Schill. Clemens was famous for being over-amped.
  9. a700hitter
    He hit a nice bomb today. Plus power when he gets the barrel on the ball.
  10. a700hitter
    Yep.
  11. a700hitter
    Not good for us.
  12. a700hitter
    The misconception by some people is that the clutch player steps up his game in high pressure situations. I know that I am repeating this from my earlier posts. The clutch player doesn't get better in big spots. His abilities are what they are regardless of the situation. The clutch player is less affected by and handles the pressure better than the other guy. BSN talked about jelly legs on the mound, and that hits the professionals too. If a pitcher is feeling the jelly legs, he is more likely to miss his spot and the clutch hitter will do what he would in the 1st inning or any other non-pressure situation with a fat pitch. He will hit it hard. I have heard Goose Gossage interviewed about facing Yaz in the 1978 one game playoff. He said that his legs were shaking so badly that he thought it was noticeable. Not everyone had Gossage's stuff, even when he had jelly-legs. Yaz said that Gossage had two fast balls -- up and in and down and away. He guessed up and in, but the pitch was down and away and Gossage beat him.
  13. a700hitter
    And I disagree with your bolded statement. I'll go with what the professional golfers told Boswell. These were some golf pros from the local golf club. These were the top PGA players. Even at the highest level of professional sports, athletes feel the pressure and it affects performance. It doesn't take much to give the other guy an edge. It is a game of inches.
  14. a700hitter
    I don't think I called anyone a choker, nor did Tom Boswell in his book. The point Boswell was making backed up by the golfers he spoke with was that they all choke, except in their opinion the remarkable Nicklaus. The key to winning golf was to choke less than the rest of the field. I think that is probably true in baseball as well. A player's abilities to perform obviously are not enhanced in key situations, but the so-called clutch player handles the pressure better than other players. Since baseball involves competition against other players, if the batter handles pressure better than most pitchers handle it, his stats might be better in those situations. His skills didn't get better in those situations. He just handled the pressure better. Player are not robots. If they were robots, they wouldn't suffer prolonged slumps and enjoy tremendous hot streaks. There is an undeniable mental part to the game and it affects performance.
  15. a700hitter
    I read something by Tom Boswell about Jack Nicklaus. Boswell's research from interviewing many golfers was that they all choked. Theyadmitted it to Boswell. The successful ones were the ones who choked the least or who choked last. Nicklaus was a god-like figure among golfers, because Nicklaus never choked in their opinion.
  16. a700hitter
    In a big situation (bases loaded 2 outs in the 9th inning down by one run), you look down your bench and you have ARod and Papi in their primes available to hit, who do you select to hit? A righty is on the mound, but the lefty with equivalent stuff and stats is in the bullpen for Ortiz. For Yankee fans, the same situation, but on the bench is Jeter and ARod in their primes, who do you have bat?
  17. a700hitter
    LOL!! He may need a profession to fall back on if he pitches like he did in 2014.
  18. a700hitter
    What happened to our self-appointed censor?
  19. a700hitter
    LOL!! It was late. It was my last post of the night before I had to travel on business early in the morning. This was my first chance to check back. I didn't want to shut down for the night on a bad note. I give you an apology, but somehow you saw that as a glass half full. Who is the pessimist now. I will change the post.
  20. a700hitter
    MVP, I shouldn't have hurled the snarky "douche" remark at you. It was uncalled for. We have been peacefully coexisting, and I don't want to set that back. I apologize.
  21. a700hitter
    I think you have something there. The logic is impeccable and the conclusion is inescapable.
  22. a700hitter
    I've been on my back porch tonight so I haven't checked the front lawn.
  23. a700hitter
    John Henry did give Ortiz a plaque calling him the greatest clutch hitter in Red Sox history, and isn't his baseball judgment above the questioning of us internet geeks?
  24. a700hitter
    Spud, he said the he "hoped" that he was not running a boy scout camp. Is it too early to "hope"? He also concluded by repeating his prediction of a division championship. It didn't seem like a very inflammatory post. Some people just have hair triggers, and it has nothing to do with a low tolerance for stupidity. It's an anger issue.
  25. a700hitter
    Neither is mood or emotion.
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