Cubs 2nd to last in the NL in OPS aftrer 7th inning

[mcgoobs]

Someone smarter than me will say whether this is indicative of anything or the result of a small sample size or luck.

 

LAD .786

STL .766

PHI .757

ARI .753

WAS .729

FLA .714

HOU .712

ATL .711

COL .709

MIL .708

SFA .698

PIT .684

CIN .682

CHI .682

SDP .667

 

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[Outshined_One]

I blame two things:

 

1) Injuries

2) Aaron Miles

[DiamondMind]

I blame these things:

 

1) Injuries

2) Aaron Miles

3) Milton Bradley

4) Alfonso Soriano

5) Geovany Soto

6) Mike Fontenot

 

fixed

[Vanilla Ice]

Damn Soriano and his .759 OPS after the 7th inning

[erik316wttn]

There's no such thing as clutch!!

[imb]

There's no such thing as clutch!!

 

erik, you say this a lot, sarcastically, like it implies that there is a clutch. it would be nice if you would try to back this up with something other than your own worthless words. thanks.

[Cubswin11]

Aren't the Cubs also batting like .230 w/RISP? I believe ESPN mentioned it during the Reds game Monday. That has to be near the bottom of the league also.

[TruffleShuffle]

There's no such thing as clutch!!

 

erik, you say this a lot, sarcastically, like it implies that there is a clutch. it would be nice if you would try to back this up with something other than your own worthless words. thanks.

 

there is such a thing as clutch; however, it's generally a non-repeatable skill and to make future decisions based on it would be stupid.

[imb]

there are clutch situations. i'm not sure i believe in guys who can consistently raise their level of performance based on the situation.

[TruffleShuffle]

there are clutch situations. i'm not sure i believe in guys who can consistently raise their level of performance based on the situation.

 

aside from derek jeter, obviously.

[imb]

there are clutch situations. i'm not sure i believe in guys who can consistently raise their level of performance based on the situation.

 

aside from derek jeter, obviously.

 

well duh

[Warren Brusstar]

there are clutch situations. i'm not sure i believe in guys who can consistently raise their level of performance based on the situation.

 

Clutch - Scott Fletcher.

Non-clutch - Richard Hidalgo

[erik316wttn]

There's no such thing as clutch!!

 

erik, you say this a lot, sarcastically, like it implies that there is a clutch. it would be nice if you would try to back this up with something other than your own worthless words. thanks.

 

there is such a thing as clutch; however, it's generally a non-repeatable skill and to make future decisions based on it would be stupid.

 

Hey, man. Back those words up otherwise they're worthless!

 

I'll admit to not being the biggest stat guy around. However, logic simply dictates that if anti-clutch exists, then clutch exists as well. I'm not trying to prove or disprove the existence of either, but if one exists, so does the other.

 

If nothing else, this particular stat proves that our favorite baseball team is indeed anti-clutch, but then if they are, then there is a way to be clutch as well.

[bcl412]

There's no such thing as clutch!!

 

erik, you say this a lot, sarcastically, like it implies that there is a clutch. it would be nice if you would try to back this up with something other than your own worthless words. thanks.

 

there is such a thing as clutch; however, it's generally a non-repeatable skill and to make future decisions based on it would be stupid.

 

Hey, man. Back those words up otherwise they're worthless!

 

I'll admit to not being the biggest stat guy around. However, logic simply dictates that if anti-clutch exists, then clutch exists as well. I'm not trying to prove or disprove the existence of either, but if one exists, so does the other.

 

If nothing else, this particular stat proves that our favorite baseball team is indeed anti-clutch, but then if they are, then there is a way to be clutch as well.

 

No it doesn't.

[imb]

There's no such thing as clutch!!

 

erik, you say this a lot, sarcastically, like it implies that there is a clutch. it would be nice if you would try to back this up with something other than your own worthless words. thanks.

 

there is such a thing as clutch; however, it's generally a non-repeatable skill and to make future decisions based on it would be stupid.

 

Hey, man. Back those words up otherwise they're worthless!

 

I'll admit to not being the biggest stat guy around. However, logic simply dictates that if anti-clutch exists, then clutch exists as well. I'm not trying to prove or disprove the existence of either, but if one exists, so does the other.

 

If nothing else, this particular stat proves that our favorite baseball team is indeed anti-clutch, but then if they are, then there is a way to be clutch as well.

 

No.

 

This is what I was talking about when I mentioned clutch situations. A guy comes to the plate in a clutch situation and he hits a home run. Looking at that at bat, the result was clutch. If he had grounded out, the result would have been anti-clutch.

 

This doesn't mean that the player himself is anti-clutch or clutch, just that the result of the situation was.

[Derwood]

Clutch: Scott Brosius

Not Clutch: Alex Rodriguez

[cheapseats]

Clutch: Derek Jeter

Not Clutch: Derek Jeter

[ArthurVandalay]

I'd venture to say the Cubs are ranked pretty low when it comes to OPS before the 7th inning, too.

[mcgoobs]

I'd venture to say the Cubs are ranked pretty low when it comes to OPS before the 7th inning, too.

 

.741 OPS overall, .682 in the last three innings of a game.

 

Only Colorado falls off more: .775 OPS overall, .710 in the last three innings of a game.

[erik316wttn]

There's no such thing as clutch!!

 

erik, you say this a lot, sarcastically, like it implies that there is a clutch. it would be nice if you would try to back this up with something other than your own worthless words. thanks.

 

there is such a thing as clutch; however, it's generally a non-repeatable skill and to make future decisions based on it would be stupid.

 

Hey, man. Back those words up otherwise they're worthless!

 

I'll admit to not being the biggest stat guy around. However, logic simply dictates that if anti-clutch exists, then clutch exists as well. I'm not trying to prove or disprove the existence of either, but if one exists, so does the other.

 

If nothing else, this particular stat proves that our favorite baseball team is indeed anti-clutch, but then if they are, then there is a way to be clutch as well.

 

No.

 

This is what I was talking about when I mentioned clutch situations. A guy comes to the plate in a clutch situation and he hits a home run. Looking at that at bat, the result was clutch. If he had grounded out, the result would have been anti-clutch.

 

This doesn't mean that the player himself is anti-clutch or clutch, just that the result of the situation was.

 

But, if a player peforms a positive result more often than most other players in clutch situations, couldn't that player be defined as "clutch?"

[rocket]

what player does that consistently year in and year out?

[erik316wttn]

what player does that consistently year in and year out?

 

You're missing the point.

 

I didn't ask which players do that . I asked that IF there were a player that did that, would he quailify as "clutch?"

 

The answer, btw, is yes.

[rocket]

what player does that consistently year in and year out?

 

You're missing the point.

 

I didn't ask which players do that . I asked that IF there were a player that did that, would he quailify as "clutch?"

 

The answer, btw, is yes.

 

so because of a hypothetical question you posed, you've proven there's such thing as clutch?

[Tracer Bullet]

what player does that consistently year in and year out?

 

You're missing the point.

 

I didn't ask which players do that . I asked that IF there were a player that did that, would he quailify as "clutch?"

 

The answer, btw, is yes.

 

So if there were a creature that looked like a horse, except it had a horn on its head and could fly, would that be a unicorn? The answer is yes. Ergo, despite the fact that no one has ever seen one or any evidence of one, unicorns exist.

[Tracer Bullet]

However, logic simply dictates that if anti-clutch exists, then clutch exists as well.

 

this is so far from accurate, it actually makes me a little mad.