cp176
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Did you choke or come through (in the clutch of course)?
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Ain't that the truth. It really is about the preparation.
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So would I. But I think that the Red Sox saying that he is going to solely focus on his catching says as much about the confidence they really have in Leon and Vazquez going forward.
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He does make some good points. Even better I guess when you agree with them.
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No one is saying that you aren't right. If you believe you are, you are. It is not definable - that is what I have heard. Piling on people who truly believe that there are clutch moments and clutch players isn't doing you really any good. We aren't talking about a flat earth here. You are doing a wonderful job convincing yourself though. When you start pulling from the philosophers to prove your point, you might be sounding borderline elitist but who cares right. Honest question - I am beginning to think that you are starting to paint people who believe in such intangible things as "clutch" to be beneath the scope of your intelligence level? In reality, my guess would be that the majority of people who believe things like this do exist are apt to be just as informed and intelligent as the very small group that seems to be trying to drive this stuff down people's throats.
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Sam Travis is another good one who has fought the - he is not big enough - he is not fast enough- ... forever. All he has done is hit and hit well wherever he has played. We have seen guys like this before. They just get it done. I hope he is healthy.
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I have no problem accepting that these moments of brilliance might be examples of extreme luck. Some athletes though and not always the best statistically seem to be luckier than others.
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I think it might matter some who makes up the audience that this evidence is being presented to.
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Although I was never a proponent of some of these age old "superstitions", we get to think what we wish. If someone believes strongly enough in something can they make something extraordinary happen? My contention is very likely if they have done all of their homework.
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just read this myself. I think that he will be fine. It is what spring training is all about. One thing it does do is gives all the boston writers something to write about. Also, gives us something baseball related to talk about.
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Des Cartes - really Notin - What is it going to be next some of that Alexander Dumais (as in dumb ass). I would really like to see some how much weight some of this reasoning would carry in the normal ml dugout. lol
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What will be the 2017 greatest weakness for the Sox?
cp176 replied to mvp 78's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I know he is slower than fast but is he that much slower than a lot of others? If the starting job was decided by a race between Vazquez and Leon - I think it would still be close. -
If he outhits Leon, he will get the job. If he doesn't outhit him this spring, and still gets the job, then good for him. It will mean that he has become an elite catcher. At the present time, he is on just about the same level as Leon behind the plate. He is going to have to win the job and if he doesn't outhit him, I don't think he gets the everyday job.
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My opinion would be that most of us who believe in things like "clutch players" know that it is not really something you can not define. Not everything needs to be defined. It is just one of those things.
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Yes -
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I would think that it would be extremely difficult if not impossible to define something like this. It might be why we hear (and I use) we know it when we see it. Sometimes you can even feel it. Once again, these types of things that are not clearly defined make the games special for me. I mentioned pycho-cybenetics to you a while ago. The great NBA scorer Bob McAdoo quite often used to go through his pre-practice shooting routine without a basketball. He believed that mentally he saw himself scoring which enabled him to actually score - he sure did!
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Like I said - when is the clutch? Who gets to decide? It is not definitive. I'm just guessing but I bet this drives some people nuts. My great players might always do well in the clutch and not so much when the stakes aren't quite so high.
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This is interesting for sure. Good opinions and points of view. One of my questions would be, who gets to decide what a clutch moment is?
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It is all a guess, I think, from a fan's perspective what type of person he is. What I know about this guy is that he is young - he is good- and he has the mentality when on the mound that anyone in the game would love to see on their team. To be this good, which he obviously is, and to finally have a chance to play in the post season - It really is what is all about. We will see what type of person he is or becomes but based only on what we know, I think that we are beyond lucky to have this guy playing for us. Now, that being said, maybe someone knows something about him that we don't but personally I'm pretty pleased that he will be pitching for us.
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I was not trying to compare him to anyone else. If you don't think, based on accumulated stats, that he presented a more up and down type pitcher (like most knuckleballers do ) that is fine. You are trying to make a statement here and all I get is that you really liked Wake. Good - so did the rest of us.
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When Wake was on, he was at least one pant load better than any mediocre pitcher in mlb.
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Seriously why did you post all of this? Are you trying to plant some kind of thought that I might not have liked Wakefied? is someone arguing with you here about Wake's value? I think that Wake could look like an ace when he was on and less than a 5 when he was not. In your world maybe watching a knuckleball pitcher is no different that watching anyone pitch. Not in mine. I'm not talking about his accumulated stats. I liked Wake and appreciate what he gave to the Red Spx but you aren't going to convince me that watching him when he was off wasn't excruciating. Much more so when you consider how good he looked when he was on.
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I am very happy we got Sale but Moncada gives me a reason to pay attention to at least one other team.
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When Wake was on, he just seemed ace like - but when he was off - oh baby was it tough to watch. That is probably why the debate rages on with respect to knuckleball pitchers in general. If you value consistency, you might not want to be signing the knuckleballer. Probably why there were people out there who were for trading Wright last year when he was pitching so well.
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I think you hated the deal!