MLB Playoffs

Guys, talk to me after the playoffs are over. If I'm wrong and the Yanks lose, I'll gladly eat crow.

 

For those who bash A-Rod, would you put him in the Hall of Fame -- playoff numbers included -- if he retired today?

If you say no, would you put Glavine in the Hall of Fame -- playoff numbers included -- when he retires in a year or so? Because Glavine has a 12-15 career playoff record, which isn't nearly as hot as A-Rod's .296 playoff batting average.

 

A-Rod hasn’t driven in a run in his last 10 postseason games and is 5-for-40 (.125) in his last 11.

 

In Glavine's last playoff start (2002) he gave up 7 ER in 2.2.

 

I agree with you. He's the best player in the game, who's just in a horrid playoff funk. Jeter's has won 4 titles and made some of the greatest plays in playoff history, so there is zero pressure on his shoulders. It'd be really cool to see A-Rod do something noteworthy. Until then he's going to get hammered like Jesus to the cross.

 

A-Rod in 18 postseason games (thru today) with the Yankees:

19 for 73 (.260), 3 HR, 8 RBI


And still an absolute lock first-ballot Hall of Famer

 

Of course A-Rod's a Hall of Famer. Nobody's denying that.
Of course Glavine's a Hall of Famer. Nobody's denying that, either.

Still doesn't take away from the fact that The Best Player in Baseball (tm) is horrible, horrible, horrible in the clutch.

Glavine's postseason numbers aren't so hot, either, record-wise. Especially in two of his last three division series (2000 and '02). His 3.58 career ERA in 202 postseason IP isn't THAT bad, though. ... Plus, more importantly, he does have a WS MVP to his credit, and a 1-hit gem in the only title clincher the Atlanta franchise has ever won. He's got a 2.47 ERA in 58 IP in 8 World Series starts. ...

So Glavine has had his "October moments."

A-Rod's big "moment" is slapping Bronson Arroyo's glove. There's going to be a slight difference in perception there, looking back on it.

 

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

 

1-hit gem, glove-slappery ... Lakers-Bulls, same thing. Just kidding.

Good job on tracking those stats. 3.58 ERA in 202 playoff IP is pretty good.

I'd still like to see A-Rod have that one (positive) defining October moment.

 

If that's the best you can do, when others actually put thought into their arguments, then kindly STFU.

 

And that 2.47 ERA in 8 World Series starts is even more impressive.

 

You know, we can leave the A-Rod arguments in the A-Rod thread and talk everything else here. Because personally, it's a little redundant here.