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Originally Posted by The Miz
I think basketball is different because you can always pass up the shot if you don't want it. In baseball if you're up, then you're up. Michael Jordan was the best player on every team he ever played on, so the last play was always designed for him. Jordan missed hundreds of "clutch" shots in his career but we only remember Jordan over Ehlo and the no-call offensive foul against the Jazz in '98. Jordan is at least one of the 3 greatest players of all time so obviously he is going to have lots of clutch shots. Just like Ortiz has made lots of outs when a hit would have tied/won the game but we only remember the walk-offs.
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Hmm good point about the basketball thing, football though. Their is only one kicker per team, so at the end of the game it all comes down to one guy. So you could use this logic and say that a kicker is just a good kicker, so if he hits like 88% of his kicks - he has to miss 12% of them. It could just so happen that one of those 12% where at the last second with time left on the clock.
Vanderjak would probably like that theory, since he would still be on the Colts (Now instead, they get one of the best clutch kickers of all time - but again is he clutch? Or is he just a good kicker kicking a field goal with no time left)
All I know is, if its tied up in the bottom of 9th, 10th, 11th, etc I want Ortiz up at a bat over any other career .300 hitter.