Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Who would you rather have at the plate if it's 1-0 bottom of the ninth with two outs and a man on second?

I have to say David Ortiz. He's just done it so many times in big moments and he's become such a smart hitter. It's not just how good the hitter is, but the reputation that he commands from pitchers. Ortiz has the reputation of being a clutch player, and that plays into the mind of not only the pitcher, but the manager as well. The stress level for the pitcher goes up even more because it's Ortiz and even more so for the manager in charge. And since baseball is such a mental game, I give the hitter the edge in that situation. I'm not saying that the other players on the list don't incur the same type of feelings, but baseball players/managers have long memories, and ones of Ortiz single handily beating the Yankees that year and the countless walk-off home runs, makes it really hard to choose anyone else.

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