10-07-2011, 01:37 PM
mrbigstuff wrote:
[quote=Pam]
Yep. The Tigers were lucky. For Nova, Jeter, Texeria, Granderson, and Cano to all be off at the same time is something. They were really off their normal stride the whole series.
It's called "choking" in post-season terminology. I'm not totally convinced of that sort of psycho-baseball thinking, but it does seem to happen to teams that are under increased pressure to win.
No, not choking. Not in this series. I think of choking when nerves flair and it throws your game off. Yankees have been off their game since they won the series. Their history works against them as that drive and hunger for postseason wins has been met many times. No doubt they wanted to win. But that extra drive that pushes players to their very best was not there. I think Boston suffered from it all of September. Not sure what was up with the Rays all season.