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  1. cp176
    ty - In all honesty, if it wasn't for all things that can't be measured, I'm not sure that I would feel the same passions for the games we play. It's what is unpredictable the really keeps me going. I guess I might be a bit of a dreamer.
  2. cp176
    This is all good time passing chatter isn't it. I would be very interested to hear what other lifelong coaches feel about the concepts of players who tend to choke and those who tend to excel when the games are on the line. It is one thing to analyze and scrutinize from the outside as opposed to actually being involved in the activity. To the people I spent my working life around, concepts like mental toughness although difficult to really describe had some significant meaning. To the people who think that the home field or court doesn't make a difference - you never played a bb game at Lawrence High School in Fairfield, Maine. I get the fact that people tend to think that professional athletes are supposed to be above all of these emotions that mere mortals seem to feel - my opinion is that they are not though.
  3. cp176
    As is having the home field advantage! regardless of what the stats can be used to show - if you ask the payers and they say playing at home matters then it does. I'm a lover of many things that that really can't be proven. lol
  4. cp176
    Ain't that the truth. It is just for fun but I really do get a kick out of the various ways people try to use statistics to explain it away. That might even be why I try to keep topics like this alive.
  5. cp176
    It is an opinion. I believe that there are athletes that perform better than their stats say they should quite often in very high pressure situations. I call them clutch players.
  6. cp176
    I knew exactly the point you were trying to make and for you and others (probably most) it certainly is a good point. The beauty of a discussion like this is that we are talking about something that would be pretty hard to prove even exists. That is what makes it so real for me. It is kind of like who I would rather have playing center for me - Bill Russell or Wilt Chamberlain. In every measurable statistic, Chamberlain would come out on top but I would take Russell everyday and all day. I believe that the moments did not necessarily find Yaz in 67. He created his fair share not only with his bat but his glove and arm as well.
  7. cp176
    I'm one of those guys who never really grew uo. You know the kind - I carry a copy of "Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus" around in my wallet. Captain Carl will forever be the greatest clutch player in Red Sox history. I'm very happy that as the years go by, what he did seems to become even more impressive.
  8. cp176
    I remember that last series against the Twins like it was yesterday.
  9. cp176
    Kind of like looking at all of the statistics people can compile and then paining a picture of what you want them to show. It isn't that simple for me. Semantics as well - It would be impossible to be unable to prove that truly clutch players who performed particularly well on the biggest of stages were also absolutely unclutch at times. Yaz just didn't get it done on his last at bat in 1978 which of course proves that he was not a clutch player. Sorry but I will never buy that way of looking at things. I like that life for me still holds mysteries and things that can not be proven or predicted regardless of what the data seems to indicate.
  10. cp176
    He had a knack for coming up big when it mattered most didn't he.
  11. cp176
    Dave who? Just kidding- remember it well. It was a clutch hit for sure but that doesn't make him a clutch player in my estimation. Some of us were baseball fans at the age of eight. In many respects, Yaz was a clutch player throughout the course of his career. 1959 - Nellie Fox - probably why I played second base.
  12. cp176
    repeat - clutch = Yaz in 1967. At the plate as well as in the field. He isn't the only one - it is a special thing.
  13. cp176
    clutch = Yaz = 1967
  14. cp176
    Who will be Papi this year?
  15. cp176
    I just got bored. Even though it was just a simple sentence I knew that I couldn't sneak it by. Let the good stats fly.
  16. cp176
    They will miss the that big bat and its' threat in the middle of their lineup.
  17. cp176
    Bruno Samartino
  18. cp176
    Lou Albano?
  19. cp176
    I don't remember the names particularly of past GM's. I really don't care very much about them. My concern as a fan is this team going forward. I like the moves that have been made.
  20. cp176
    How about treats? be on high alert if she tries to teach you how to pay dead.
  21. cp176
    I agree with you here. I've been saying it for awhile - there could be more to this story than we are going to find out. Hope I am wrong because I like the kid.
  22. cp176
    I really enjoy reading these types of posts. All of our memories really are special. I learned a lot of math by studying box scores and doing my own stats.
  23. cp176
    In my mind - there is no question. Speaking here for no one other than myself. If I had to make a bet, my bet would be that most people agree that there is no question as to Leon being the clear front runner.
  24. cp176
    Bud Selig is in the Hall of Fame. I continue to be amazed by the number of people living in the glass houses of the world today. If he is in, the people who helped to put him there should not be penalized for doing what they did during the era that he oversaw. If it is even suggested that someone might have used steroids their HOF stock seems to go down - that is a joke.
  25. cp176
    I'm glad about that. Going in to the spring, there should be no question about who the starting catcher will be. Leon earned it in every way. things could change for sure, but that is the way it is right now.
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