Who Has Been Clutch?

by James Kannengieser on Aug 25, 2009 6:00 AM EDT on Amazin' Avenue

The are seemingly infinite ways to measure "clutchness" - performance w/RISP, late and close situations, September, RISP and 2 outs, etc.  Beyond the Boxscore suggested one other method, which I ...

Testing Conventional Wisdom: Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez in the Playoffs

by Jack Moore on Jun 16, 2009 8:00 AM EDT on Beyond the Box Score

Derek Jeter - the Captain, the True YankeeTM  He took his first 12 teams in New York to the playoffs, winning the world series 4 times.  A .309 playoff batting average and a .302 World Serie...

Return of the Son of the Revisitation of the Myth of the RBI Guy: Careers Overrated by RBI Totals

by devil_fingers on Jun 1, 2009 1:29 PM EDT on Driveline Mechanics

Okay, okay, you probably figured we were done with this. And we are. Really. After this. To recap: First, taking a clue from a piece by Jonah Keri, I looked at the most overrated individual seasons si...

Revisiting the Myth of the RBI Guy (Revisited), Part Two: Situational Hitting and RE24

by devil_fingers on May 26, 2009 2:30 PM EDT on Driveline Mechanics

In last week's post on the Myth of the RBI Guy, I used a crude method inspired by  Jonah Keri's piece in Baseball Between the Numbers to generate groups of individual seasons by players since 1...

Revisiting the Myth of the RBI Guy, Part One

by devil_fingers on May 18, 2009 1:11 PM EDT on Driveline Mechanics

If that's one of my worst mistakes -- to sign somebody who has 20 home runs and 97 RBIs -- I'll take it. -Royals' General Manager Dayton Moore, on Jose Guillen's 2008 performance. Everyone knows that ...

Beard Of The Day - May 14th - Neil Fallon

by McClure on May 14, 2009 11:06 AM EDT on Second City Hockey

Today's beard comes in the form of Neil Fallon, vocalist for venerable Maryland southern-fried metal band Clutch. His signature baritone voice is truly a force to bear witness to live, particular...

Regarding Heart, Grit, Fire

by Sam Page on Apr 24, 2009 8:00 AM EDT on Amazin' Avenue

While I openly mock the sentiment that the Mets lack some sort of "killer instinct," I understand it. Watching hit after hit fall in with the bases empty and then a series of double plays and strikeou...

Opening Day? Not Clutch.

by larry on Apr 7, 2009 5:29 PM EDT on South Side Sox

I'm back!

by SC on May 26, 2008 10:12 PM EDT

And all I can say is, "Baltimore Orioles, number one!" Needless to say I missed the last two games entirely. I read the box scores. And the game threads. I had a pretty solid Memorial Day weekend. How...

Crede's Slam Lifts Streaking Sox

by The Cheat on Apr 7, 2008 9:03 PM EDT on South Side Sox

In what has already become something of a trend here in the early season, I'll open this recap with another It's Not 2007 Anymore type factoid. Today's: The White Sox 5-game winning streak is their lo...