The 2006 New York Yankees

[Kashanova]

The Boston Massacre PT.2

[NYJets]

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[elicoleman]

Despite the fact that the Mariners have lost 11 straight, that still makes me very nervous because I'm sure we'll see they're best ball cause I'm sure they wouldn't mind playing the spoiler role.

Tonight is Wright vs Meche.

[elicoleman]

Thank goodness we built the lead up to 6 1/2 with Moose now going to the DL.

The rest of the guys besides Wang are really going to have to step it up.

[ryanm1058123]

In 2002, Jeter had a .663 OPS close and late, a .250 OPS with the bases loaded, and a .583 OPS with runners on first and second.

In 2003, Jeter had a .571 OPS close and late, a .715 OPS with a runner on second, and a .650 OPS with runners on first and second.

In 2004, Jeter had a .481 OPS with runners on 1st and 3rd, an .083 OPS with runners on second and third, a .686 OPS with the bases loaded, and a .480 OPS with men on third and less than 2 outs.

In 2005, Jeter had a .520 OPS with runners on 2nd, a .672 OPS with runners on 1st and 3rd, and a .753 OPS close and late.

By your definition, those all seem to be 'pressure' situations, yet I don't seem to recall anyone claiming that Jeter couldn't handle the pressure, even when he was putting up numbers far worse than what you described as 'abysmal'. This is not a knock on Jeter. What it is is a call for perspective. Yearly splits like the ones you seem to be bothered with happen all the time because the standard deviation for the very small samples we are talking about is really high. In other words, it's not the pressure. It's basic math. A lot of the time, we're talking about fewer than 100 plate appearences in a year for some of these splits, and by most accounts, you want to get up to somewhere around 1000 to get one standard deviation down to .015 or so.

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[deeman11747]

A-Rod is 0-4 with 4 strikeouts.

And its only the 6th inning.

I have a feeling Torre might be taking him out to "give him a rest" very soon.

[elicoleman]

Tied it up at 4.

Doesn't look like Boston is gonna win, so it'd be great to get the game back we lost last night.

[deeman11747]

Yanks take the lead on a wild pitch. I love the one random Yankee fan behind the plate shown by the 3rd base camera as the only guy standing and waving for Wilson to get down and slide.