I don’t believe in ” clutchness”, no.

I don’t think players generate special talents with runners on base.

In general the better a player is, the more ” clutch” he will be.

Since stats with RISP vary greatly from year to year, it’s impossible to deem one ” clutch” to ” unclutch”.

Howard, is obviously stringing together good at bats now, which is good for the phillies, but would be pointless without the playoff ABs victorino and utley are having.

Howard struck out in over 1/3 of his ABs during the season with RISP, I doubt he decided to not strike out in the playoffs and be “unclutch” as opposed to be “clutch”.

Having big hits in a playoff series is such a a small sample size, and those people who don’t recognize that, probably tend to think Gritty David Eckstein is one of the best players ever, or Josh Beckett is a first ballot hall of famer. Those people also think scoring a run in the 9th is more important thatn scoring a run in the 2nd.

Last night was an example of the Dodgers out hitting the Phillies in every facet of the game, except the phillies scored more runs. They were lucky to get their hits with runners on. The opposite could happen today. Luck plays such a role in the game.

And what does “you know those people who cream it over ” clutchness”.” mean? In particular “cream it” must be something the kids are saying nowadays…

Are you saying there is no clutch (i.e. it’s luck)?

Thanks

As long as victorino and utley get on, they continue to provide those opportunities.

Both team are very, very close.

Howard — RBIs in all 5 postseason games

Phillies showing they are the main reason CBP is a “launching pad”. They hit more HRs on the road than at home in the regular season, and in fact led all MLB in road HRs (ahead of any AL team, without benefit of a DH).