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Message #: 29430
I am in total agreement about Carter and felt that way long before he showed up on my Strat-O-Matic team. :-) The guy came to the plate with a zillion men on base during his career, delivered at a rate no better than anyone else and probably worse -- I'm sure this has been studied to death -- and somewhere there are people who probably think he should be in the Hall of Fame because of his tenacity, courage and fortitude (or whatever). Looking at his cards over the years, Strat is either onto the guy, or deliberately isn't doing him any favors with their weak definition of '$' clutch. Alan From: sgbivens@... Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 5:05 PM Subject: RE: [SmileyList] Blue Jays @ Royals Joe Carter benefitted from RBI opportunities more than any player alive. I always wondered if Strat created the 'clutch hit' rating (read: RBI adjustor rating) just for him. He was NOT a clutch hitter despite his reputation. Your are correct when you use the word "alleged". Just one guy's opinion... Steve B. Original email: ----------------- From: Alan Boodman alan.boodman@... Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 16:58:29 -0500 To: [email protected] Subject: [SmileyList] Blue Jays @ Royals [1 Attachment] Some surgical split card power gives the opener to the Royals, but the Jays come back with an incomplete choke in the game 2 LOB-a-thon and then win going away in the finale despite some unsteady starting pitching.... Game 1: We had just recovered to take a 4-3 lead in the 6th when back-to-back surgical split cards leading off the K.C. portion of the inning erased that lead in record time. The crushing blow came via a gopher from slugging infielder Mariano Duncan and sent Todd Stottlemyre to the showers. With the TOA bullpen pitchers having long since proven their capability for failure, Juan Guzman was given a try -- and now we can add his name to the list. Another fortuitous 2-out split card for the home team became a 3-run gopher for elderly George Brett, and the rout was complete. Final score: 8-4. Steve Howe got the relief win for the Royals, his first of the year. ================================================================ Game 2: Joe Carter had a particularly dismal couple of games to cap this series; today in just the first 4 innings, the alleged clutch superstar came to the plate 3 times with 6 men on base (4 RISP) and less than 2 outs and struck out each time. Thanks to having a ton and a half of baserunners and a lineup not quite 100% of which was clutch chokers (but 6 LOB *in scoring position* in just 4 innings), we built an early 2-0 lead for Jack Morris who held it until a surgical rally in which 5 Royals in a row reached base in the 7th tied it up. Our one reliable (in a *good* way) reliever, Paul Kilgus, sacrificed part of his rare and precious usage to induce a critical DP that terminated the surgery, but he had to depart before the contest went into overtime. In the 10th, pinch hitter Kevin McReynolds tripled home John Olerud with his first timely hit of the 1993 season, then raced across the plate with an insurance run when Mitch Williams uncorked a wild pitch. Final score: 4-2 in 10. Duane Ward got the W with 2 perfect innings (!) in which the ball never left the infield. Over his last 7 outings, Ward has lowered his ERA from a disastrous 5.40 to a slightly less disastrous 4.57 and at this rate might get it down to where it deserves to be sometime next January. ================================================================ Game 3: Bobby Witt wobbled around but allowed nothing other than singles and walks (though plenty of them) for 6.2 innings, and today it was the Royals' turn to edge us out in the LOB category, 12-8. Witt combined with erstwhile comic reliever Gene Harris on the shutout, with #2 right-handed reliever Harris reducing his ERA to a season-low (almost) 4.71! Toronto's offense started off superbly against K.C. batting practice starter Tim Leary, as 5 of the first 9 Blue Jay batters got hits and hit for the cycle in the process. Then we slammed on the brakes and let him hang around until the middle innings. Leary ended up permitting 8 runs despite our kid glove treatment, but 4 of those resulted from sabotage defense. After Brett's single in the 6th the Royals got no further hits, though Witt did helpfully load the bases (walk, walk, walk) with 2 outs in the 7th. Harris then came in and fanned Babe Duncan on 3 pitches and permitted only 1 baserunner (a free pass with 2 outs in the 9th) in his uncharacteristically effective 2.1 inning stint. Final score: 8-0. Alan ---------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - |
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