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Billy Beane: The Movie!
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"Clutch," in regards to hitting, is a mostly a myth. Although today is not really a day to defend A-Rod, I'm going to use him in regards to the "clutch" argument, since he seems to pretty much <i>personify</i> a "totally UN-clutch guy," a choker.
So, let's check those darn ol' statistics to se if that's even true.

In his first 7 playoff series (to give you a comparison, the Cubs have played a grand total of exactly 7 playoff series since 1945) here are A-Rod's numbers:

.330/.384/.583
That's an OPS of 967. Go check out A-Rod's <!--coloro:#FF0000--><!--/coloro-->career<!--colorc-->
<!--/colorc--> regular-season OPS. It's EXACTLY <!--coloro:#FF0000--><!--/coloro-->967<!--colorc-->
<!--/colorc-->.
And that includes the historic Yankee collapse series against the Red Sox in '04. And it's not a tiny sample either...26 games, 7 series, over a 10-year period.

If you extrapolated those numbers over an entire 162-game season, it'd look like this:
211 hits, 37 HR, 100 RBI, .330 Avg. , 106 runs scored. And that's against superior competition...playoff pitching staffs. Hardly call that guy a choker, would you?

So yeah, after that, he sucked for a couple series, and the Yankee press made a big deal about it, but come on...how can a guy be <b><!--coloro:#2E8B57--><!--/coloro-->TOTALLY clutch<!--colorc-->
<!--/colorc--></b> for ten years, and then suddenly be the poster boy for un-clutch. It's absurd.

One final note: even <i>including</i> <!--coloro:#0000FF--><!--/coloro-->A-Rod<!--colorc-->
<!--/colorc-->'s recent poor playoffs, his lifetime post-season <!--coloro:#0000FF--><!--/coloro-->OPS: 844<!--colorc-->
<!--/colorc-->.
Compare that to the "King of Clutch," Mr. November, <!--coloro:#FF0000--><!--/coloro-->Derek Jeter<!--colorc-->
<!--/colorc-->'s lifetime post-season <!--coloro:#FF0000--><!--/coloro-->OPS: 846<!--colorc-->
<!--/colorc-->
There's nothing better than to realize that the good things about youth don't end with youth itself. It's a matter of realizing that life can be renewed every day you get out of bed without baggage. It's tough to get there, but it's better than the dark thoughts. -Lance
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Billy Beane: The Movie! - by Auz - 02-06-2009, 09:13 AM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by Clapp - 02-06-2009, 09:19 AM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by Ace - 02-06-2009, 09:25 AM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by Dirk - 02-06-2009, 09:42 AM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by Clapp - 02-06-2009, 09:44 AM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by Clapp - 02-06-2009, 09:48 AM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by veryzer - 02-06-2009, 10:28 AM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by veryzer - 02-06-2009, 10:28 AM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by Dirk - 02-06-2009, 10:49 AM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by Butcher - 02-06-2009, 11:11 AM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by rok - 02-06-2009, 11:48 AM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by veryzer - 02-06-2009, 11:59 AM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by Butcher - 02-06-2009, 12:09 PM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by veryzer - 02-06-2009, 02:38 PM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by Butcher - 02-06-2009, 02:50 PM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by Clapp - 02-06-2009, 02:50 PM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by veryzer - 02-06-2009, 02:54 PM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by Butcher - 02-06-2009, 03:17 PM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by Clapp - 02-06-2009, 03:20 PM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by Butcher - 02-06-2009, 03:22 PM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by Butcher - 02-06-2009, 03:26 PM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by Clapp - 02-06-2009, 03:27 PM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by Butcher - 02-06-2009, 03:35 PM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by kbwsb - 02-06-2009, 03:35 PM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by Clapp - 02-06-2009, 03:49 PM
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Billy Beane: The Movie! - by Clapp - 02-10-2009, 12:30 AM
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Billy Beane: The Movie! - by veryzer - 02-11-2009, 08:25 PM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by PcB - 02-11-2009, 09:23 PM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by Brock - 02-12-2009, 12:18 AM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by bz - 02-12-2009, 03:25 AM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by veryzer - 02-12-2009, 09:36 AM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by hPOD - 02-12-2009, 10:26 AM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by Jody - 02-12-2009, 10:28 AM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by veryzer - 02-12-2009, 12:00 PM
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Billy Beane: The Movie! - by hPOD - 02-12-2009, 02:26 PM
Billy Beane: The Movie! - by ruby23 - 02-12-2009, 03:29 PM
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