Craig recalls some much weaker hitters than Tolbert, batting 2nd when Calvin was in charge. When Rodney Cline Carew wasn’t hitting 2nd, anyway.

Craig has a young lady who adores Craig, waiting to see Craig. Craig must be on Craig’s way. Goodbye, from Craig.

And Puck so many times would get a double just at the right time.

Might not technically have been clutch hitting all the time for these two. But they excited a lot of people, including the players, and the team would jell and win.

So beyond clutch, timely hitting. Might have been against a particularly tough team. Or a day when the team really needed a win because of the dynamics of a pennant race.

It’s hard to precisely define porn, but ya know it when you see it. Same with clutch —– or with timely hitting.

USAFChief thinks if Gardy was going to make that change, he wouldn’t need to wait for Cuddyer, he could make that change now.

USAFChief also thinks that IF that happens, putting Tolbert 5 spots ahead of Cuddyer in the lineup would be the thing that would cause Calvin Griffith to fire the manager. USAFChief thinks Calvin was pretty smart about those things and wouldn’t want the weaker hitter to get 75-150 more plate appearances.

That’s what USAFChief thinks.

Gomez, Tolbert, Mauer, Morneau, Young, Kubel, Cuddyer, Lamb, Harris

Craig says it’s the Calvin Griffith approach to baseball: Good hit, good pitch, no field.

Craig also says it is criminal to keep young Tolbert out of the lineup. Craig says Calvin would fire the manager if he didn’t let a good young player like that, play every day. That’s what Craig says. Craig says, that’s all Craig has to say for the rest of the day, except that Craig says, Win Twins!

I’m not saying that. I’m saying that I don’t believe any player is good in the clutch. I think Mike Redmond is a player who is going to get a hit in roughly 3 out of every 10 at bats. For the Twins, he has actually been better, hitting nearly .311. He also “only” gets out 65% of the time, as opposed to Craig Monroe who gets out nearly 70% of the time while getting a hit in only 5 - and much less as of the past couple of years - out of every 20 at bats. The odds are better that you will score the winning run in your situation if you put Redmond up to the plate than if you put Monroe out there.