I am not saying that clutch hitting DOES exist. I am just saying that you cannot prove that it doesn't. As stated by Bill James:
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"There's no way to prove that there isn't a clutch hitter," James says. "That's like trying to prove there isn't a Loch Ness Monster. But I have yet to find anything to indicate that there is a group of people who hit better in the clutch than others."
[ December 12, 2001: Message edited by: sporr ]</p>