Comments on The Blog of Revelation - by Jim Jividen: AFraud - The Choking Dog/Why Boo Brett?

Matsui, on the other hand, is bidding a very fond ...

2009-11-04T21:09:47.433-05:00

Matsui, on the other hand, is bidding a very fond farewell to Yankee Stadium. Will it now be known as the House that Godzilla Built? (kind of ironic, since Godzilla is known more as a destroyer than a creator...)

Well, A-Rod just struck out with the bases loaded ...

2009-11-04T21:08:13.846-05:00

Well, A-Rod just struck out with the bases loaded and the chance to put the game away, or at least pad their lead. More fuel for the "myth".

"Do you have any evidence that he is doing lousy i...

2009-11-03T19:13:28.808-05:00

"Do you have any evidence that he is doing lousy in those specific situations, though?"

I admit that I do not, which is why I also conceeded that my argument doesn't mean that Jim's premise is not correct. My point was just that the way in which he attempted to prove his point was logically flawed.

Do you have any evidence that he is doing lousy in...

2009-11-03T17:34:54.361-05:00

Do you have any evidence that he is doing lousy in those specific situations, though? (It's a thing I want to look into - baseball reference doesn't seem to do splits for postseason stats, but they've got all the boxscores so it wouldn't be hard to generate given a bit of time.) Because in his career, in the regular season, A-Rod's line with the bases loaded is .340/.392/.686.

I don't understand how you make the argument that ...

2009-11-02T20:32:22.821-05:00

I don't understand how you make the argument that "ARod somehow got the yips in the big moments, just isn't borne out by the facts." by taking the average of his entire postseason batting line.

Big moments are specific, single at-bats that mean something. A guy could be batting .500 in the post-season, but if he's also batting .000 in several attempts with the