Dr. Giganto

Yeah, exactly.

There are some people who dont believe that "clutchness" exists at all, that it's just luck. Or rather, they think clutchness exists, but that EVERY major league baseball player has either the same amount of the clutchness or close to it

Personally, I wouldn't go that far. I think that in everyday life there are people who handle pressure better than others, and the same has got to be true in MLB. But like I said in a previous post, the difference is not THAT big. A good hitter is a good hitter is a good hitter. If your goal is to score as many runs as possible, you would want Barry Bonds or Albert Pujols at the plate no matter what the situation is, whether it's the top of the first with nobody on or bottom of the ninth in a tie game. At the same time, you wouldnt want a guy like Doug Mientkiewicz, even if his "clutchness" was a little above average, because it would only make his mediocre stats mildly better

Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada have reputations as clutch hitters, and they were AWFUL in the ALDS. Derek Jeter grounded into three double plays in the last two games. He had a KILLER double play in Game 4, with 1st and 3rd and 1 out. In game 1, Jorge Posada came up with the 1st and 2nd one out, and he struck out. A few innings later, the Yankees had bases loaded 1 out, and Sabathia went to a 3-0 count on Posada. Sabathia had been wild all game, and the Yankees refused to swing at his pitches out of the zone. Damon, Abreu, and A-Rod had done a great job of not swinging at pitches out of the zone. The 3-0 pitch was a strike that Posada fouled off. Posada then swung at 4 consecutive pitches that were out of the strike zone, any one of which would have been ball 4, scoring a run, and bringing Matsui up with the bases loaded and one out.

Plus, Posada kinda half-assed the two wild pitches that Joba Chamberlain threw in Game 2. He tried to stab at them with his glove, instead of getting his body in front of them to block them.

Sorry I went off on a rant here, but it kinda drives me crazy how Jeter and Posada get a free pass when they have an absolutely atrocious series, and A-Rod had a better series than basically any Yankee except Robinson Cano (Note: Every Yankee hitter sucked in the ALDS) and people are talking about A-Rod's lack of "clutchness", despite the fact that when his team had their backs to the wall, down 0-2 and playing at home, A-Rod went 4-for-9 (.444) and hit a HR to pull within 3 runs of the Indians in Game 4.

People keep saying it was a "meaningless" home run, but what if it had led to a big rally that inning? What if Posada's long foul ball off Borowski had been two feet to the left, amking it a 1-run game. Would it have been meaningless then?

The entire line-up batted around after A-Rod's home-run, and all they could scrape together was a solo HR from Abreu.

The ALDS was not A-Rod's fault. He maybe didnt have a great series, but Jeter, Posada, Matsui, and Wang were all considerably worse. And nobody except for Cano, rivera, and maybe Abreu struck me as having really good series.

But now, because supposedly A-Rod isnt "clutch", the NY media and stupid fucking Yankee fans are going to drive him out of the city.

Goddamn, I'm pissed off lol