Eh, I wouldn't go that far... I wouldn't eliminate the possibility that he somehow does worse in those situations, but on a larger scale, the situation rarely affects the at-bat. Your suggestion, which I understand you are proferring as a possibility and not an assertion, that he struggles to identify certain pitches, is vague at best.
What I believe is that it's highly unlikely that he actually performs worse in those situations and it is much more likely that it is a sample-size fluke.
I know your position on the matter. You're definitely the most reasonable and easy-to-talk-to person on this board when it comes to this kind of stuff, which is impressive considering how much of a jerk the rest of us can be
I believe that there is so much sample variation in the game of baseball that it's just short of impossible to ever say with certainty that it is or isn't a factor. Add to that the number of different players involved and the potential for adjustment, and things become even more muddled.
Basically, it just rubs me the wrong way when people act like they're 100% certain of something that they have no possible way of being 100% certain of, so I had to say something
I do think hammonds is quoting a bogus stat in this specific case, though
