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Sunday Rockpile: Rockies ostrich issues continue
In breaking down the issues of last night's game, Dave Krieger zeroes in on the major weakness, the fact that the Rockies weren't able to put together any runs after the sixth inning, and were only able to manufacture one significant threat, in the 14th, when three of the first four batters reached...
Who Has Been Clutch?
The are seemingly infinite ways to measure "clutchness" -- performance w/RISP, late and close situations, September, RISP and 2 outs, etc. Beyond the Boxscore suggested one other method, which I will use to look at the Mets' performance in the clutch. The method entails comparing Batting Runs (BR,...
White Sox Comeback Bid Just Another Tease
Bad team finds way to lose to mediocre team Even though Ozzie Guillen might have had his worst game of the season, even though Dewayne Wise might have been safe at home in the bottom of the 9th, I can't get myself worked into a lather over the White Sox extra-inning loss to the Tigers Tuesday...
Beltran And Wright In The Clutch
Clutch hitting exists. That is, a walk-off home run or game tying single in the bottom of the 9th inning is a clutch hit. However, objective evidence has shown that players generally do not demonstrate an ability to perform exceptionally better or worse in the clutch compared to their performance...
mr clutch
stroke of good luck for st louis: they don’t have to face peavy tonight. instead they’ll face a journeyman left-handed pitcher, wil ledezma, with a 5.09 career era. the cardinals always tee off on guys like this . . . . i’m well aware that clutch hitting comes and goes;...
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