Bill Buckner - clutch hitter

[DougOzzzz]

As many of you know, millions of people have analyzed thousands of years of baseball statistics and come to the conclusion that clutch hitting does not exist.

Well, here's another one of those studies . Except this time the conclusion was different: that clutch hitters almost certainly DO exist.

But what I find most interesting is the following:
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First the clutch performers: Ozzie Smith, Dave Collins, Lloyd Moseby, Tony Gwynn, Ruppert Jones, Rafael Ramirez, Alfredo Griffin, Jorge Orta, Rickey Henderson, and Bill Buckner. Now the chokers: Dave Winfield, Rod Carew, Lance Parrish, Jack Clark, Reggie Jackson, Roy Smalley, Tom Herr, Fred Lynn, Carl Yastrzemski, and Julio Franco. (Note that all of these players are good because of selection effects; one has to be a regular for about 7 seasons to pick up 1000 clutch plate appearances.)


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That's right, from 1970-1992 Bill Buckner was one of the 10 best clutch hitters. Too bad his clutch fielding was not so hot.

[Josh W]

I read once that Buckner had the best fielding percentage of any first baseman either from 1980-1986 or 1980-1989 (maybe AL, maybe MLB....don't really remember)

But 'clutch' is a whole nuther thing!

J

[pryor15]

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Too bad his clutch fielding was not so hot.

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you know, for some of us that still hurts just a little bit.

[ThaSaltCracka]

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Too bad his clutch fielding was not so hot.

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you know, for some of us that still hurts just a little bit.

[/ QUOTE ]get over it.

[pryor15]

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Too bad his clutch fielding was not so hot.

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you know, for some of us that still hurts just a little bit.

[/ QUOTE ]get over it.

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we will.


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Sometimes it still hurts. You know how it is. Every day it hurts a little less, and then one day you wake up and the pain is gone. But the funny thing is you learn to miss that pain because, like her, it was a part of your life for so long. -- Swingers


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[istewart]

You're not permitted to complain anymore. Ever.

[Dynasty]

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Too bad his clutch fielding was not so hot.

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you know, for some of us that still hurts just a little bit.

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It's just part of the story. The 2004 World Series win wouldn't have been so sweet without all the tragedies that came before it.

[lastchance]

Yeah, if the Red Sox didn't win last year, I'd say that'd be legitimate. But they did, and they came back from a 3-0 series deficit against the Yankees, if that doesn't satisfy you, what will?

[sublime]

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Yeah, if the Red Sox didn't win last year, I'd say that'd be legitimate. But they did, and they came back from a 3-0 series deficit against the Yankees, if that doesn't satisfy you, what will?

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a win this year would do it for me. until next year. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Benholio]

I just got done analyzing 10k hands of poker for 5000 players, and I have determined that some people ARE better at hitting flushes than others! Among the best "flushers" are: Manny, Joe, Jim, Jack, George, Kelso. The worst "flushers", suprisingly enough, are Frank, George, Susan, and Willy.

Go figure!