Bellhorn04
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How precise!
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I don't think it's subjective at all. It was an elimination game.
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Porcello and Fister aren't guaranteed to suck, but I do get your point.
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Well, with 5 starters plus Price we will have piggyback options aplenty.
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I remember one of those losses pretty well. It came on September 20 against the Jays and Mike Willis (had to look up the date and the guy's name). What was so memorable was that it was the first game of a doubleheader, and the Jays were also leading in the second game 2-0, but the damn Yankees rallied for 3 runs in the 9th to get a crucial split.
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Yep, and they've won 3 rings in spite of Coma and Neuron!
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Well no, I don't think I'm picking and choosing when I suggest that every at-bat in that 1978 playoff game was a clutch moment. It was a classic example of a high leverage game.
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Only one thing - if you're going to build a Yankee slugger in a lab, you make him a left-handed hitter or a switch hitter, to take total advantage of the Porch!
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I have no reason to suspect Judge. But I do think the damn ball is juiced. Every freaking day there's another 470 foot home run.
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Steering back to the topic of managers for a moment, I was a bit shocked at the great Lovullo leaving Bradley in the game last night after 2 home runs and a double! If Farrell had done something like that one can imagine the choice words applied to it.
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How about this - all 4 of the starting pitchers in this year's Wild Card games choked like dogs!
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I remember Yaz popping out but I also remember him having a home run and an RBI single in that game. For me he was clutch in that game.
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If the studies are for postseason performances as a whole, how can they possibly apply to an individual player like Ortiz or Schilling?
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Your take is identical to mine.
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Vazquez's batting average of .290 made him a very good hitter by old school measures. His OPS+ of 92, however, made him below average by new school measures. Compared to other catchers he was just about average. So he was either very good, average or below average, depending on your preferred metrics.
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Simply comparing Ortiz's success rate in clutch situations to his success rate in non-clutch ones may not be meaningful because in clutch situations he may be facing better pitchers. You would also have to consider how other hitters compare in the two situations. Also as I've said before I don't think a high leverage situation in April carries the same weight as one in a September pennant race. There are a number of measurement issues.
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Is Christian Vazquez a good hitter, yes or no and why? The definition of clutch really shouldn't be that difficult. It's not the most complex concept in the world. Of course you get a bunch of people together on a message board they're all going to have different ideas.
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Of course there is no precise definition of a clutch hitter. There's no precise definition of a good hitter, or an ace pitcher, either.
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You're right. I'm a little surprised about it too.
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They hadn't clinched the best record and home field if they play Houston though.
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Yes, it's as simple as that.
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How do you know the plan wasn't to make the playoffs 3-4 years in a row?
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52 pitches, 3 + innings - under normal circumstances he probably wouldn't even be available Friday. But Girardi may be seeing things differently.
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52 pitches for DRob...wow, that is a ton of pitches for a reliever.
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I've said no such thing.
