O/T Life or Death, One Game, My Starting 9

[Lgarza99]

Originally Posted by ElCabron

Did you just really call me Bub? Anyway, I wouldn't put Bumgarner in the top 5 last year or this year. He's a good pitcher, but not close to Kershaw. And there are several others that are also currently better than him. But he becomes someone else when it matters the most, and that's what we're talking about.

-Ryan

That's what we are talking about. Like Kershaw being the top starter in this day and age. But, he wouldn't sniff the ball park in a life and death game for me!

[Orioles1954]

Compare Brooks Robinson's postseason stats to Mike Schmidt and the player who I would want manning the hot corner becomes very, very evident.

[packs]

LF - Rickey Henderson
SS - Honus Wagner
RF - Babe Ruth
1B - Lou Gehrig
CF - Ken Griffey Jr.
DH - Ted Williams
2B - Rogers Hornsby
3B - George Brett
C - Yogi Berra

SP - Walter Johnson

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Orioles1954

Compare Brooks Robinson's postseason stats to Mike Schmidt and the player who I would want manning the hot corner becomes very, very evident.

Brett OPS 1.023 .337 .397 .627
Brooks OPS .785 .303 .323 .462
Schmidt OPS .690 .236 .304 .386

It's clear to me who I want manning the hot corner, George Brett.

[btcarfagno]

Originally Posted by rats60

Brett OPS 1.023 .337 .397 .627
Brooks OPS .785 .303 .323 .462
Schmidt OPS .690 .236 .304 .386

It's clear to me who I want manning the hot corner, George Brett.

Small sample sizes such as "post season batting" can be so misleading. You make it seem as if Brett was somehow Mr. Clutch throughout his career in the post season. What if 1981 playoffs George Brett shows up? 1984? Again, if we are just looking at one game as a sample size and are willing to look at 150 at bats in the playoffs versus an entire career, why not just go with performance in one game? Didn't Rennie Stennett go 8 for 8 one game? That would make him the choice over Hornsby etc.

Now... Brett is a fine choice at third no matter the criteria, especially in his prime. Just don't base it exclusively on what he did in 150 at bats over the course of 12 seasons.

Tom C

[Mountaineer1999]

Originally Posted by btcarfagno

Didn't Rennie Stennett go 8 for 8 one game?


Tom C

Stennett went 7 for 7

[bravesfan22]

Lf Ricky Henderson
2b honus Wagner
Cf willie mays
Rf hank aaron
DH babe ruth
1b:Lou Gehrig
3b:Chipper jones (homer pick)
SS: Derek jeter
Catcher: Yogi Berra
Pitcher: christy mathewson
Closer: mariano Rivera

Unless I missed it I was the only one so far to pick hank Aaron which surprises me looking at his postseason stats. All a matter of opinion but I expected to see his name more.

Chipper was a Braves fan pick for me. A lot of postseason experience.
Wanted to put tom glavine as my pitcher based solely off of game 6 in 95 and my favorite player of all time but can't deny what Mathewson did in multiple series.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer1999

Stennett went 7 for 7

Steve Balboni was known to perform fairly well when there was no pressure. You should have him bat clean-up.

[pgellis]

Watched him playing in the Cape League