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Old 05-17-2004, 12:40 PM   #9
Malleus Dei
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Clutch hitting = random clustering of positive events in more critical situations. It doesn't correlate from year to year, which means it's the just the effects of randomness under another name. As a baseball concept, it's a myth.

Read this:

http://www.diamond-mind.com/articles/neyerclutch.htm
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