[andyfox]

How did those Red Sox games get to be close in the first place? How did the Yankee games get to be blowouts? If Ortiz had better numbers in the late innings of close games, maybe his worse numbers in the early innings were one of the reasons the games were close to begin with. You don't get extra credit for a run scored in the 8th vs. a run scored in the 4th. A-Rod contributed more wins to his team than did Ortiz. The two teams won the same number of games.

A-Rod is a .330 hitter with a .978 OPS in the post-season, vs. .307/.962 regular season.