Published 7/3/2009
by Christopher Murphy
at Bleacher Report - MLB
Clutch: the word that is tattooed into every idiotic baseball fan's vocabulary, and into the ears of every intelligent baseball fan during an argument regarding a player's talent.
Why is it that we hold more value to performances in the seventh, eighth, or ninth innings as opposed to the previous six innings?
Why is it Joe Crede can strike out three times, leaving nine men on base, but if he hits a solo home run in the ninth inning to send the fans home, he is glorified for his performance?
My thesis regarding the word "clutch" is not only that it does not exist in any sport, but that any person who has ever been tagged as clutch in baseball is nothing more than a great hitter.
The word needs to be wiped out from sports.
Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, Albert Pujols, Derek Jeter, Chase Utley. These men are considered clutch, partially thanks to ESPN replaying performances of the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees over and over again, but that is beside the point. ...
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