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  1. User Name
    Case in point, actually. You suggest trades of everyone for everyone. That was my initial statement.
  2. User Name
    So was Roger Clemens, and how many rings does he have again?
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    Well who'da thunk they'd give up both Kopech AND Moncada? It's crazy. But whatever, it's done.
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    You suggest trades for everyone, all the time. You are bound to hit on some theories.
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    Ted, I will be paying my dues pretty late in the year because my credit card with US currency on it was cloned. I had to cancel it and it will take a minimum of 45 days to replace it counting from last Friday.
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    Yet I've seen multiple instances of hitters diving at close intentional balls and getting base hits. Miguel Cabrera driving in a game-winner on an intentional ball comes to mind.
  7. User Name
    Why is this argument still a thing? Don't you people know the immortal Carlos Quentin is now a Red Stocking? This team no longer has a single weakness!
  8. User Name
    I'll ask around.
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    You can analyze pitch quality to come to that conclusion though.
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    He was .706 OPS, 80 OPS+, 0.5 FWAR hitter though, so he was pretty much a replacement level player production-wise.
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    It's not a representative sample. You can't prove a broad point based on your subjective personal experience. Sorry, but that's how it works.
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    In other words, the absence of choke, or what I've saying for a while.
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    Are you serious?
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    Your personal experience proves or disproves nothing.
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    Why are you trying to use logic on talksox?
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    A-Rod is a prime example of a guy who let the pressure steamroll him over, while Gary Sheffield was the exact opposite.
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    You clearly don't understand what a sample actually is. A whole career, half a career, a month, two games, anything can be a sample depending on context, which was my point.
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    I've talked to players who have been on consistent winners (though not at the mlb level, but rather winter league levels, with some having cups of coffee in the majors) who believe clutch is not a repeatable skill (because it's not) but that some guys let the pressure get to them and shrink. Your statement is incorrect on so many levels.
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    Ask Mariano Rivera about Marco Scutaro. He gave him fits because dude just wouldn't give up an AB. Ever. That's a non-choker if I ever saw one.
  20. User Name
    That's not true at all. DD usually trades the busts and keeps the good ones.
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    That's the point. Why would you do the same thing? It's illogical. You need a point that your use of a sample should back up. Everyone knows EE's story. He was a terrible defensive 3B and a meh hitter who broke out after reaching the Blue Jays and being moved off the position. Shouldn't the "current" EE be the basis of comparison against Hanley? Also, stop being such a massive homer. Encarnacion is clearly an overall better player than Hanley right now. I love Hanley, but it is what it is.
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    I wasn't talking to you. And you clearly misconstrued the point. I clearly quoted who I was referring to.
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    The problem is that, over a career, the randomness gets mitigated substantially.
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    I don't think you understand how sample sizes actually work then. Carry on with the senseless argument.
  25. User Name
    Nope, some guys just perform worse on pressure situations. If a guy consistently has problems hitting or getting people out out in pressure situations, he's a choker. Let me do a little research (I have done this before mind you) and I'll give you a list of hitters and pitchers who have consistently underperformed in pressure situations throughout their careers (Hint: A-Rod is not one of them).
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