05-24-2010, 10:38 PM
<!--quoteo(post=98159:date=May 24 2010, 09:21 PM:name=jstraw)-->QUOTE (jstraw @ May 24 2010, 09:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->It's this simple. If you believe in coldness you can't reasonably <i>not </i>believe in hotness. Rami is swinging a cold bat. It's not statistically his <i>turn</i> to swing a cold bat. The vast array of things that all contribute to good hitting are not coming together. It's mechanical...or between his ears...or whatever. Swinging a hot bat...and swinging it in clutch situations is when those things <i>are</i> coming together.
A career .230 hitter probably hit somewhere near .230 for any given stretch of time. But he also probably raked at a .320 clip for a couple of months somewhere in a career and stats won't tell you what caused that.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
He's hitting in the .100s because he isn't seeing the ball well or his bat is slow or his timing is off or there's a hitch in his swing or his skills are in massive decline (or something like that). If you'd like to define that as "cold," then that's fine. It has nothing to do with "clutch" (or lack thereof), though.
I think we're talking about different things, though.
A career .230 hitter probably hit somewhere near .230 for any given stretch of time. But he also probably raked at a .320 clip for a couple of months somewhere in a career and stats won't tell you what caused that.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
He's hitting in the .100s because he isn't seeing the ball well or his bat is slow or his timing is off or there's a hitch in his swing or his skills are in massive decline (or something like that). If you'd like to define that as "cold," then that's fine. It has nothing to do with "clutch" (or lack thereof), though.
I think we're talking about different things, though.