August 10, 200619 yr No offense to Paul or Tad but they aren't in the same league as Joe and JD when it comes to getting clutch hits this season. Edited August 10, 200619 yr by Rowand44
August 10, 200619 yr I agree, I don't see how you can't vote for Crede. He has atleast 17 RBIs that have been go-ahead RBIs.
August 10, 200619 yr Oh! Way back, he looks up and you can put it on the board, Y-ES! Joe Crede! His 2nd home run of the game, and the Sox win it in extra innings, 7-6. JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOE Crede. End of story.
August 10, 200619 yr QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 11:33 PM) http://joecrede.ytmnd.com/ Best. Call. Eva. Funny thing about it was from DJ going.. "OHHHHHH"
August 10, 200619 yr QUOTE(SoxAce @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 11:59 PM) Best. Call. Eva. Funny thing about it was from DJ going.. "OHHHHHH" I listened to that for 45 minutes straight one day... my mom asked me I was on drugs.
August 10, 200619 yr QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 11:01 PM) I listened to that for 45 minutes straight one day... my mom asked me I was on drugs. I'd have to wonder too. Unless you were someone who had watched the game. Personally, I completely understand.
August 10, 200619 yr QUOTE(ceffa2000 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 12:07 AM) I'd have to wonder too. Unless you were someone who had watched the game. Personally, I completely understand. I definately had watched that game, from the first pitch to the last. It was an awesome game, and I loved it.
August 10, 200619 yr Konerko and Dye each would be the best clutch hitter on about 25 teams in baseball.....but Crede is our best, by far. I still think he's a better clutch hitter than Ortiz, seeing as Ortiz is ALWAYS insanely good, whereas Crede goes from very good to unstoppable when it's clutch time, but that's a different argument .
August 10, 200619 yr QUOTE(Kalapse @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 12:24 AM) Jim Thome Man I was thinking about this last night as I watched Thome ground out. I listed the exact four on the list, and man it's almost too close to call really. Tadahito has had some HUGE clutch abs in games this year, as has Paulie and JD, but Crede stands out more. Thome hasn't been clutch for us at all this season. in fact, I don't think he has many RBIs this year that occurred after the 6th inning.
August 11, 200619 yr QUOTE(Winning Ugly @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:50 PM) Man I was thinking about this last night as I watched Thome ground out. I listed the exact four on the list, and man it's almost too close to call really. Tadahito has had some HUGE clutch abs in games this year, as has Paulie and JD, but Crede stands out more. Thome hasn't been clutch for us at all this season. in fact, I don't think he has many RBIs this year that occurred after the 6th inning. Close and Late situations: Jim Thome: 3 HR, 7 RBI, 3 2B, 13 BB Paul Konerko: 3 HR, 3 RBI, 2 2B, 8 BB Jim Thome >> Paul Konerko
August 11, 200619 yr QUOTE(Winning Ugly @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 03:50 PM) Thome hasn't been clutch for us at all this season. in fact, I don't think he has many RBIs this year that occurred after the 6th inning. After the 6th inning doesn't mean clutch, and Thome has had a good handful of game influencing homeruns this year (let alone RBI's).
August 11, 200619 yr All 5 players are really solid with RISP: Thome .354 BA, .487 OBP, .756 SLG, 1.243 OPS Dye .359 BA, .427 OBP, .709 SLG, 1.136 OPS Konerko .371 BA, .437 OBP, .649 SLG, 1.086 OPS Crede .365 BA, .409 OBP, .552 SLG, .961 OPS Iguchi .337 BA, .400 OBP, .554 SLG, .954 OPS I have to go with Crede though. It just seems like he comes through the most when the Sox need a hit.
August 11, 200619 yr Jim Thome clutch? He hasn't had a clutch hit since about June. You can't use stats for this one. You have to go with you gut.
August 11, 200619 yr QUOTE(Winning Ugly @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:50 PM) Man I was thinking about this last night as I watched Thome ground out. I listed the exact four on the list, and man it's almost too close to call really. Tadahito has had some HUGE clutch abs in games this year, as has Paulie and JD, but Crede stands out more. Thome hasn't been clutch for us at all this season. in fact, I don't think he has many RBIs this year that occurred after the 6th inning. I love JT, but the fact is he is the last guy on the entire team I want up wit RISP in late innings........ground outs or whiffs seems automatic
August 11, 200619 yr QUOTE(stretchstretch @ Aug 11, 2006 -> 09:44 AM) I love JT, but the fact is he is the last guy on the entire team I want up wit RISP in late innings........ground outs or whiffs seems automatic Someday I'll finally understand why this perception of him is so strong amoungst Sox fans when it's really not true.
August 11, 200619 yr QUOTE(Kalapse @ Aug 11, 2006 -> 10:34 AM) Someday I'll finally understand why this perception of him is so strong amoungst Sox fans when it's really not true. Seeing the stats, it's hard to say why, but he is almost the last guy I wanna see up there in the 9th, too.
August 11, 200619 yr Personally, I've been a little disappointed with Thome in the clutch. So many of his home runs are solo shots in the the fourth inning or something like that. Which is awesome, don't get me wrong. But it seems like he's come up short with runners on in close games in late innings on several occasions. The other night when he came up against the Yanks in the the 9th, the first thing I thought was, "Uh oh, groundout to second coming up right here." Hopefully, he'll improve in the clutch department. Just my .02.
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