I will say that I believe totally in "clutch performances" - Kirk Gibson's gimpy homerun as a case in point. But I don't believe there is any thing that is measureable as "clutch ability" in any meaningful sense. Certainly not enough to put into a game. Consistency and streakiness are one thing, clutch ability is another.
There are players who have fallen below their amazing regular season accomplishments in the post season. There are players who have done better than they've ever done before or since in the post season. Still, who do you want at the plate in a close game - Jeff Bagwell or Barry Bonds, or Mark Lemke and Scott Brosius?
Simply identifying a few dozen at bats out of the hundreds and hundreds of PAs in players career and then calling that player a clutch player is a problem to me.
But I go back and forth. I KNOW I've seen clutch performances. But I know that I've seen those clutch players dissapoint sometimes too. No one remembers it.
BUT for the Game's Sake please give me a toggle to turn it OFF
