Comments on: Captain Clutch? http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/10/04/captain-clutch/ What is seen and what is unseen. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:23:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: andrew vicknair http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/10/04/captain-clutch/comment-page-1/#comment-690 andrew vicknair Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:49:22 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/10/04/captain-clutch/#comment-690 <p>I think clutch is defined as how you perform when under pressure, whether regular season or the playoffs. This could be in the bottom of the ninth to win the game or simply getting a timely hit with runners in scoring position to take the lead. If you want to talk about Jeter being clutch in the playoffs, the argument will never end. To start off I am a Sox fan so you know where this is going. He plays in the most potent lineup year after and is protected by the best hitters year after year. over a long run of time he will see many pitches to hit. You could make an argument for anyone to be clutch in say one postseason. look at Beltran or Delgado. A few years back he was hitting homeruns in the postseason like it was batting practice. Would you consider that clutch. Delgado has a .351 lifetime postseason average. Problem is hes played in only one postseason. I think jeter is just a good hitter in a very good lineup which boost his stats because there are always people on base and always protection around him. clutch to me is doing it day in and day out when your team needs you the most. The best at doing this is easy to see.....David Ortiz </p> I think clutch is defined as how you perform when under pressure, whether regular season or the playoffs. This could be in the bottom of the ninth to win the game or simply getting a timely hit with runners in scoring position to take the lead. If you want to talk about Jeter being clutch in the playoffs, the argument will never end. To start off I am a Sox fan so you know where this is going. He plays in the most potent lineup year after and is protected by the best hitters year after year. over a long run of time he will see many pitches to hit. You could make an argument for anyone to be clutch in say one postseason. look at Beltran or Delgado. A few years back he was hitting homeruns in the postseason like it was batting practice. Would you consider that clutch. Delgado has a .351 lifetime postseason average. Problem is hes played in only one postseason. I think jeter is just a good hitter in a very good lineup which boost his stats because there are always people on base and always protection around him. clutch to me is doing it day in and day out when your team needs you the most. The best at doing this is easy to see…..David Ortiz

]]> By: chad http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/10/04/captain-clutch/comment-page-1/#comment-563 chad Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:50:59 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/10/04/captain-clutch/#comment-563 Someone asked me the other day - who is Tuffy Rhodes? Tuffy Rhodes was the opening day center fielder for my Chicago Cubs in 1994. On opening day mind you, the day of hope, Tuffy hit three home runs off Dwight Gooden in his first three at bats. Yours truly attended that game, skipping my college economics class. I still remember today that Tuffy then walked in his fourth at bat and singled (the other way) with two strikes (did he choke up?) in his final at bat. Clearly, the Cubs has found a centerfielder they could pencil in the line-up for years. It turns out that Tuffy slugged a whopping 5 more home runs the rest of 1994 season. Though, he did go on to have a successfull career - in Japan. Be weary of small samples! By the way, Player A is Jeter, Player B is A-Rod. Someone asked me the other day – who is Tuffy Rhodes? Tuffy Rhodes was the opening day center fielder for my Chicago Cubs in 1994. On opening day mind you, the day of hope, Tuffy hit three home runs off Dwight Gooden in his first three at bats. Yours truly attended that game, skipping my college economics class. I still remember today that Tuffy then walked in his fourth at bat and singled (the other way) with two strikes (did he choke up?) in his final at bat.

Clearly, the Cubs has found a centerfielder they could pencil in the line-up for years. It turns out that Tuffy slugged a whopping 5 more home runs the rest of 1994 season. Though, he did go on to have a successfull career – in Japan. Be weary of small samples!

By the way, Player A is Jeter, Player B is A-Rod.

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