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Originally Posted by Artdogg
well, some are effected more by pressure than others
It's fair to say Mariano Rivera is less prone to be effected by pressure then a random hitter trying to stay in the bigs. But when that hitter gets a 6 year contract maybe he will feel less pressure (but maybe his work ethic will drop too.)
Yes, it's hard to quantify, but like I said it's laughable to assume pressure impacts everyone equally.
So far, it has been statistically proven that pressure does not impact anyone. People that are considered "clutch" or "not-clutch" just don't have a big enough sample size to prove otherwise.
Baseball is a great example of this, as it is very streaky. People put way too much empathis on the short-term. However, the stats have shown that given enough "high pressure" games, the athletes tend to perform extremely close to how their career stats would indicate.
Therefore, the best way to predict how "clutch" someone is, is based on their career stats.