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In response to "I don't believe in "clutch ability" in general. But if it does exist, it exists in Mariano Rivera's right arm." by musubi

and not in Tex's bat -- nm

Posted by David (aka David) Nov 9 '09, 10:29

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I wonder in 10 years, if we'll find out what unknown supplement he's been on the last 5 years. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 9, 10:33 7
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- if he was on something, there's nothing to suggest it was just 5 years. - musubi Nov 9, 10:36 5
  - I meant ARod. - Will Hunting Nov 9, 10:37 4
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      - I'm sure he lied. I just don't think it makes a difference. - musubi Nov 9, 10:40 1
        
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      - C'mon.....New York is clearly less pressure than Texas. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 9, 10:39
...because it generally doesn't exist. (nm) - musubi Nov 9, 10:32 15
- Some players tighten up. I'm surprised you don't believe in such an obvious characteristic. -- nm - David Nov 9, 10:39 14
  - I believe choking exists in the world. But it's been studies numerous times and shown to not exist in *MLB* to any significant extent. - musubi Nov 9, 10:46 6
    - That's just nonsense. - David Nov 9, 10:57 5
      - My recollection of the column was the DOB *always* agreed with you. It was JC Bradbury who I linked, he disagree with you and O'Brien. (nm) - musubi Nov 9, 11:02 4
        
        Right and he wrote that column because DOB started frequently pointing out on the blog how we would have won a game if Tex had come through in clutch. - David Nov 9, 11:06 3
        
        You're letting your emotional reaction to small sample sizes color your ability to accept reason. - musubi Nov 9, 11:11 2
        
        Your stance is that there is no standard deviation once players reach the MLB level. It couldn't be more nonsensical. Seriously. -- nm - David Nov 9, 11:17 1
        
        So your arguement here is, "I think that's silly, so it can't be?" - musubi Nov 9, 11:22
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    - Yes. He had a phenomenal series with the angels. - musubi Nov 9, 10:44 5
      - As phenomenal as a guy can with 1 RBI. He had 7 singles in 15 at bats. -- nm - David Nov 9, 10:58 4
        
        And you know how much meaning RBI have. (nm) - musubi Nov 9, 11:14 2
        
        In general, yes. In Tex's case, he's a much better hitter with no one on base. - David Nov 9, 11:17 1
        
        Joe Morgan, arguably the greatest 2nd baseman of all time, also didn't like runners moving while he was hitting. - musubi Nov 9, 11:18
        
        Thus the phrase, "also a small sample size". (nm) - musubi Nov 9, 11:12

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