Here’s a fun game
These two players both played for the Yankees tonight as they crushed the Twins. Can you guess who they are?
Player A was a total head-case. He continuously choked when the team needed him, going 0-for-2 and stranding two baserunners until the Yankees were already out in front. Once the Yankees had enough runs to win the game, he got a few meaningless hits.
Player B came up big when the team needed him, delivering a clutch two-out hit and RBI to break a close game wide open, and then came home himself, tacking on an insurance run. He showed a lot of leadership in the field, playing his position flawlessly and making sure the Twins never got back in the game, even when they threatened in late innings.
So can you guess who Player A and Player B are? The spooooooky answer after the jump!
Answer: Both players are Alex Rodriguez.
I bet you thought player A would be Derek Jeter, and this post would be some preachy shit about how clutch doesn’t exist. I thought about it, but Jeter foiled my plan by OBPing a perfect 1.000 — he never made an out all game — and hitting a home run. So I went for the alternate tack here and changed the preachy to be about how sportswriters construct fantasies about players. Do you see?
Also, I love that Michael Cuddyer made an error at first tonight. So: shut up, Chip and Ron.
