by TheYanks04 » Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:04 pm
Well outside of possible arm overuse, what has obviously changed is a case of mental stress (or in old fashioned terms, he is gutless).
Montreal: Play games in front of 3000 fans, no TV, reporters that speak French, no one expected a thing winning-wise.
NY: Complete opposite.
Ariz: More pressure to win (though not like NY)...pressure to do well to prove NY was a fluke. Wilts again.
Some guys just can't do well under pressure (look at Rogers as a case in point). Though at least wih Rogers, he has pitched well for the better part of his resgular-season career and largely done the big choke in the playoffs.