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Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Ortiz, His Clutchiness Holiness

By Tangotiger, 11:37 AM

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=ag0oNrarDXIk&refer=columnist_soshnick

Ortiz has hit 21 home runs in 138 at-bats in late-inning pressure situations in the past two years. In that period, no other player has hit more than 13.

http://joyofsox.blogspot.com/2006/08/david-ortiz-in-walkoff-situations.html

Since the end of the 2004 regular season, Ortiz has come to the plate in a walk-off situations 19 times—and reached base 16 times. He is 11-for-14 (.786), with 7 HR and 20 RBI.

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