That the Yankees lost 19-1 on Steinbrenner’s birthday to George’s hometown team does salve the wounds of the Schilling loss somewhat. But not totally. Anyway, watching A-Rod go 3-for-4 (when I woke up, only the Yankees game was on…) made me also think: maybe it’s not that he’s bad in the clutch. Maybe he’s the kind of player who’s especially good against bad pitching, even more so than normal players, and since in blowouts he ends up seeing the mopup guys a lot he feasts on them.
Schilling’s comment after the game was interesting: “That’s a very, very good offense top to bottom, an American League offense” (link) - man, now even the players are crowing about how much better the AL is…