1st 2 ABs comes up w/ runners in scoring position and 2 out and goes down looking. But hey when we're up 6 runs he's there for us! By the end of the year he'll have enough menaingless #s from blowouts or 1st inning Hrs to give him "MVP" type #s and everyone will say how w/o him we wouldn't have made the postseaon w/o him:breakdance:
Matsui really came through last night as well, right Junc. And Crosby great baserunning had NO affect on the outcome. Or most importantly, Joe realizing that Mo CANNOT pitch more than one inning. Evertime he stretches Mo, trouble occurs.
But wait junc, it's an april game against the D-Rays so this couldn't possibly be a clutch situation.
Here come the excuses. Matsui and Bubba aren't "MVP's", right? I'm so tired of this guy never coming through when we need him. Sure he'll end up w/ "great" #s that will be misleading as usual b/c 90% of the time he never comes through when we need him. There can be clutch moments in every game even if the game itself is not a big, pressure filled game.
I didnt hear you complain too much when A-rod hit that Grand Slam at the beginning of the year against the A's. That was a clutch situation as it was his GS that turned that game into a rout.
So if A-Rod had gotten a hit and the Yankees had won would it have been a clutch performance? I thought performing well in games like this it's not possible to be clutch? Just another example of you changing your argument and "rules" to further your agenda against certain players.
Eventually yes, but if doesnt then you ride his ass for not coming through in a clutch situation. Also if he doesnt come through then it could have been a 3-2 game. YOU dont choose what is or was a clutch situation, the game itself does and at that point in the game, it was.
He would have been doing his job, he is paid quite ell to come through in spots like that. No it may not be the most clutch situation(I've pretty much given up hope he'll ever be a great postseason player for us) but it's still a situation we need him to come through in and it's his job to do so- at least once in a while.
Up 3-0 is NOT a clutch situation. For some strange reason I think if the bases were loaded for ARod and the Yanks were DOWN 3-0 he wouldn't have hit a GS.
And what would you have said about him if he didnt??? It was a clutch situation because it completely changed the game itself. It turned a semi-close game into a rout. He came through then, he has come through before and will again.
Absolutely, it makes sense that you don't think that one of the best hitters in baseball will ever be a good postseason player(we should amend this to only "big" postseason series, otherwise people might get the wrong idea). Obviously the hit fairies come and sprinkle out dust on A-Rod's bat in any big spot.
His job is to come through once in a while. no I won't throw him bouquets b/c he does 10% of the time. When he starts coming through a little more often I'll start to heap praise but he hasn't earned it yet. I WANT him to be clutch which is why I am always criticizing him. I hope he shuts me up forever but as of now he's not great when we need him to be great.
Yeah the ALCS is bigger than the ALDS, yeah playing the Sox is bigger than playing the Twins. he had one big series against the Twins then disappeared against Boston and was as dreadful as a player could be last year vs. LAA.
