TedWilliams101

Pathetic. Bench Ortiz. I'm starting to tire of his s***.

God damn you Ellsbury.

Lugo! Ok, please lets cash in.

This Ump is a f***ing joke.

I thought he had it.

OMG Ellsbury. Now is not the time to fall apart on D.

God Damnit Ortiz. You really do suck.

Pedroia is SOOO MONEY!

Ugh. In 1 year Ortiz went from Mr. Clutch to Mr. K.

Can Ortiz come through? Please?

2 on, no out. Damn you Nick Green! You giveth, hopefully you won't takith away. Time for some Ks, Wake.

I'll take it. 4-0.

Nick Green! 3-0, runners on 2nd 3rd, 1 down. Keep adding it on!

On a side note, I for one didn't like the warning last night after Masterson threw behind Hunter. I can understand if it was intentional, but it clearly was not. I don't think umpires should take away the inside of the plate just because of a hit batsman or 2.

Well, what the hell is Tito supposed to do? In reality, this team has fared really well and overcome a ton of problems. Our rotation is ranked dead last in the majors (ERA), Ortiz is still homerless, Tek isn't hitting (although the power is there), Pedroia, Youk, Lugo, and Lowrie have all been out for extended time due to injuries. We are very lucky to have the 2nd best record in the AL.

Seems like pretty non-issue "troubles" compared to what the Yankees front office has dealt with recently. New Launch Pad stadium, ridiculous prices of box seats, screwing over fans during a raindelay... and it doesn't help that their team keeps falling apart.

Yeah dude, unless I'm looking at the wrong stats, the lines look the opposite of what you're arguing: RHH: 526PA 10HR 54BB 52K 0.96K/BB .295BA .381OBP .440SLG .821OPS LHH: 524PA 6HR 59BB 100K 1.69K/BB .247BA .338OBP .350SLG .688OPS

OMG, read all the damned posts. I already stated it was just a joke...

Have you ever actually watched Adam Dunn play? He has raw power the equivalent of WMP. He doesn't just cheap HRs, a lot of them go a LONG way. One of the reason's he strikes out a whole lot is because of his hard swing and him taking so many pitches. Also, we don't actually think the Nats would just take Ortiz for Dunn. Then again, maybe the Nats are really just that dumb....

lol. I agree with you somewhat. I do think that, for the most part, the idea of "clutch" in baseball doesn't exist. However, I do believe there are some cases where clutch does exist. There are some people who handle pressure better than others and that's where "clutch" comes into play. There are some ball players who don't perform as well under pressure (as in bases loaded, 2 out, trailing in the game, etc). However, for the most part, I don't think that is an issue for the good/great hitters. I believe people exaggerate the idea of "clutch". It does exist, to some point, but to the extent that a player is much better in pressure situations than normal situations. For instance, I don't believe it would be possible for a hitter like Adam Dunn to be a .300 hitter with RISP while a .240 hitter overall. I do, though, believe it is possible for someone to be a .275 hitter overall but struggle in pressure situations, but again, we aren't talking about great players. Adam Dunn I would consider a good, solid player. I certainly wouldn't call him one of the top, elite, hitters, though, so I don't expect him to be clutch. I really just think people misuse the word clutch. Great hitters are great because they are clutch. They handle pressure situations just as well as any other. Now, I do believe clutch actually exists in some other sports. Statistics do back up that clutch exists in basketball and NFL Quarterbacks. For the NBA, there are many players who do in fact dial it up in the end of close games, putting up numbers that are much better than they do in the previous 43 minutes of games. King James is one of those guys. In the NFL, there are Quarterbacks who play much better in pressure situations, such as Hasselbeck and Warner. They have consistently put up better numbers late in close games, as well as big playoff games, than they do during the first 3-3/12 quarters. Then you have the guys who fall apart in pressure situations (Brett Favre).

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Yes, I do actually love Dunn. Despite his ridiculous strikeout totals and low BA, he is good for 100+ walks a season and a .380ish OBP. This is something to the idea that he isn't clutch, his average and OPS in RISP, 2out RISP, etc, is a bit lower than his career numbers, but really not enough to worry. I would be for replacing Ortiz if his power numbers don't come back by the all-star break/trade deadline. I think it would be time to move on at that point. I do hope it doesn't get to that, but i'm not optimistic.

I would absolutely LOVE it if we could replace Papi with Dunn. I can see all the fans getting pissed at him after the 170th K of the year.

How the f*** did he get out of that?

Who said Tek has been clutch so far? Basically its just cause of the grand slam he hit. Hitting .227 (.357OBP, .500SLG) 8 rbi with RISP so far. Yes, the .500 SLG is nice, but .227 isn't something I'd call clutch.