Re: Jeter, A-Rod and \'clutch\'
As pertains to the ninth inning, that's a reasonable enough explanation.
How about in general? I guess where I struggle is that I see both sides of it. I know a lot of 'situational' stats are high-variance because of low sample size, and that we in the media (I'm a small-town writer) read too much into situational numbers, but I also think a certain amount of how a player reacts psychologically in those situations has some bearing on the results.
Maybe I'm looking for too precise an answer to a question that simply doesn't lend itself to that kind of answer.
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