Quote:
Originally Posted by EdBratz66
Yeah you are looking at his BA as a whole. I look at situational hitting. Mark Teixiera dominated numbers wise when he was on the Angels in the playoffs vs the Red Sox, but if you go game by game. He never got a hit when it mattered. He batted .467 with 1 RBI. How is that even possible? These guys trick you with their numbers. Have to be able to produce hits when the game is on the line. Pitchers pitch differently when it is a blowout.
Small sample size. He only had 20 PA total. Anyone in the world, the best hitter, the worst hitter, the most clutch hitter, a guy who's never played baseball player, Babe Ruth, LeBron James, Barack Obama, you, me... anyone over 20 PAs can go 0 for 3 with RISP or 3 for 3 with RISP or whatever Teixeria probably went that series. Is Aaron Boone clutch because he's 1 for 1 in Game 7 of the ALCS in extra innings with the game tied? He probably only has like a 1% chance of hitting that HR, even the best hitter in the world has a 60-65% chance of making an out in that situation. Does that mean Boone is more clutch or that the other guy is not clutch?
I'm done arguing this as I've crushed you in this debate. Why don't you counter any of the points that I'm making without using a small sample size to back yourself or even provide statistics of any kind (BA with RISP, RBIs, anything over a large sample size) to back up your points besides general ideas and conventional thinking of the 1950s?
How many dollars are you down betting baseball?