Alex Rodriguez is only "Bad" in the playoffs because it's trendy to say he is.
He's played in eight playoff series, and he's hit over .300 in FOUR of them. He's hit over .400 in TWO of them. He's hit under .200 TWICE, and he has seven postseason HR in 39 games. That's not quite the world's biggest choke artist, like everyone loves to call him.
Willie Mays, on the other hand, played in six postseason series, with only ONE .300 series. Furthermore, he hit a lone home run with 10 RBI in 25 career postseason games. Yet... nobody ever utters a word about Willie Mays' shortcomings in the postseason. I think it has something to do with the fact that everybody wants to call Willie Mays the greatest ever (personally, I'd take Hank Aaron in a heartbeat), and everybody wants to hate Alex Rodriguez.
Also, since Barry Bonds went 8/17 with 4 HR in the 2002 World Series, we seem to erase the fact that aside from that series, he's 29/134 (.216) in postseason play. Why is that?
Holiday baseball munchies...
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