June 11, 2006
Walk Off Ortiz
My wife and I were about to leave the house when I said to her I'd like to wait a minute. David Ortiz was up and he'd either hit a homer or make an out to end the game. Otsuka had worked him well in the at bat, getting ahead 0-2, then moving the ball in and out trying to get Papi to fish. The count went to 2-2, and David barely fouled off a good slider. That's when I made my statement. On the next pitch Ortiz got all of it and the three run shot gave the Red Sox the 5-4 win.
It was Ortiz's 11th ninth inning home run since joining the Red Sox. Interestingly, while his home run rate is very good in the ninth, his over batting is only worse in the second inning (where he also hits a lot of home runs). It's really in extra-innings where Ortiz shines, hitting six home runs in just 27 at bats. Nevertheless, at this point David is probably the most feared hitter in the majors in the bottom of the ninth with the game on the line.
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It's really in extra-innings where Ortiz shines, hitting six home runs in just 27 at bats.
Yeah, but there's no such thing as clutch hitting. And it shouldn't matter when voting on MVP candidates. ;>)
Ortiz hits one walk off home run per year. That is far from being some sort of clutch God. When you hit 40 HR a year, the odds are one of them will be a walk-off.
Do your math John. Check how many walk off hr's he has in the last three seasons, before that he wasnt hitting 40 hr's a year. Hell, he has two just this month.
Ortiz hits much more than one walkoff home run per year.
In three seasons with the Sox, Ortiz has 12 walkoff hits, including eight walkoff homers.
In three seasons with the Sox, David Ortiz has 12 walkoff hits, including eight walkoff homers - that's 4 a year or 10% of the time. Taking into account the number of opportunities he has had (not sure of this) I'd say he's pretty clutch.
Well, Ortiz hit 2 walk-offs already.
John H, if you are now reading this, I'll bet you feel like a dipshit. That's the third walk-off homerun of the year for Papi, and the fifth walk-off hit. Ortiz now has 15 walk-off hits for Boston in just over three years. Not sure how you can respond to that.
