OK, well, we're down to it, aren't we?
When the going get tough, the tough get going. Challenging situations can lead you to transformational experiences. Step us...today's another opportunity to move towards your dreams. Be brave and push through challenges...because you can. If you can dream it, you can do it.
and, today, my favorite
Be so good they can't ignore you.
The point of this post is that I don't know if batting average with runners in scoring position or % runners stranded or things like that are real. I don't know what it really means if a guy, in the playoffs, has a higher value on those stats or other, more important stats analytics people like than he does in the regular season.
In a nutshell, I don't know if "clutch" is a real thing or if it is just an aberration.based on small sample size and situational circumstances that are impossible to reproduce in some algorithm.
I do know one thing for certain. If you try too hard you aren't going to be successful at sports.
On the other hand if you do what you are supposed to do, if you use your abilities to their maximum within the situation described by the analytics, you will have a good chance of success.
I don't know if there is anyone on the Guardians' roster who we can really say is 'clutch'. They are a bunch of guys with ability who have, for the most part, played within a system that allows them to maximize their ability.
Especially on the hitting side of things today, that is what we need. Rosario should not be swinging at pitches in other batter's box. Ramirez should not be jumping at balls that are not hittable just because his exceptional bat-to-ball skills allows him to reach them. People should not be pulling balls into the shift when they can get hits by simply exploiting the shift. Francona should not have a plan in mind that counts on a bunch of people doing things today that they haven't done all, or most of the year or that you wouldn't expect them to know how to do or be physically able to do against the Yankees in the deciding game of the series. Francona has the secret sauce to make this work today but he needs to use it. He can't expect a guy to give him that one extra inning or even that one extra out.
So, is clutch a real thing? I think it can be, if you just stick to script that has worked so well.
On that I will end with another inspirational saying:
"Very few who envision themselves being heroes end up as heroes" - Cleveland Guardians Perspecdtive, 2022
Just be the best you can be today, Guardians. Don't try to be individual heroes. Be a team and when your number is called, do YOUR job and nothing more. If we win today, it WILL be a team effort and, late tonight, we will look back at it and see about a half a dozen guys or more who made significant contributions to today's win.
Go Guardians!
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