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  1. Bellhorn04
    I agree that big regular season games should be part of the discussion.
  2. Bellhorn04
    Agree 100%.
  3. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, exactly. Gotta talk about something.
  4. Bellhorn04
    Maybe we should have a separate thread for clutch vs. non-clutch. It's a topic that never seems to go away.
  5. Bellhorn04
    You seem to be responding on the wrong thread. UserName was responding to Emp9 about Hanley.
  6. Bellhorn04
    I think Kaat is clearly acceptable.
  7. Bellhorn04
    I'm opposed to including nicknames.
  8. Bellhorn04
    At the end of the day, clutch vs. non-clutch is just another topic to toss around.
  9. Bellhorn04
    I don't think so. The idea that someone can be clutch is that some players handle pressure better than others. It's not so much that they get better than their regular selves, it's that they remain their regular selves while their opponents succumb to the pressure more. As I've said many times I believe there are significant psychological factors. This is just one of them.
  10. Bellhorn04
    Your two statements are pretty contradictory. Why not just say it can't be either proven or disproven.
  11. Bellhorn04
    There are also some very good players whose postseason numbers inexplicably fall woefully short of their regular season numbers. Based on my primitive research, the poster boy being Jeff Bagwell.
  12. Bellhorn04
    The repeatability of clutch hitting is certainly severely limited by the fact that, in general terms, the hitter is always at a great disadvantage to the pitcher and the defense.
  13. Bellhorn04
    Just because he popped up on that last at-bat in 1978 doesn't mean he wasn't clutch. Yaz homered and singled and drove in two runs in that game. The odds are always heavily stacked against the batter. You can't expect any hitter to come through all the time. All you can do is look at the preponderance of the numbers - the averages.
  14. Bellhorn04
    There isn't necessarily a 'purpose' in labeling guys like Ortiz and Henderson and Schilling as clutch. It's just a way of giving them some extra credit for their achievements in big moments. I don't see the purpose in denying them that simply because the sample sizes can never be large enough to satisfy some arbitrary standard.
  15. Bellhorn04
    You have to watch him though, as with his comparison of Olerud and Grace to Papi on the other thread.
  16. Bellhorn04
    Oh, I know, Kimmi. That's okay, I still like you. :-)
  17. Bellhorn04
    Your numbers for 1986 are the right ones, mine are a little off. There actually seems to be an odd glitch in the Game Log totals on that page.
  18. Bellhorn04
    Dave Henderson was a slightly above average player who had 3 tremendous postseasons. 1986 BOS 15 games 324/378/730 1.108 OPS 4 HR 12 RBI 1988 OAK 9 games 333/385/500 885 OPS 1 HR 5 RBI 1989 OAK 9 games 281/410/719 1.129 OPS 3 HR 5 RBI
  19. Bellhorn04
    But it's not based on just one hit.
  20. Bellhorn04
    I missed it, but I know he was superhuman that year.
  21. Bellhorn04
    And it would be two of the greatest homeruns in Sox history if not for...you know.
  22. Bellhorn04
    Point taken.
  23. Bellhorn04
    Plus you almost have to be really good with the name Sam Travis.
  24. Bellhorn04
    As for Beckett, he did have some rough outings late in his postseason career (he was pretty clearly injured in 2008), but his postseason numbers are still exceptional with a 3.07 ERA, a .94 WHIP and a 4.71 K/BB.
  25. Bellhorn04
    I don't think you'll be getting any takers on that one. My list of the identifiably clutch is very short anyway. David Ortiz, Curt Schilling, Dave Henderson, Madison Bumgarner...
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