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2010 MLB Pennant Races: Joey Votto, Troy Tulowitzki and The MLB All-Clutch Team

The advent of sabermetrics has changed the way we look at "clutch."

"Situational hitting" is luck. "Inducing weak contact" is luck. "Performing under pressure" is luck. It's all been proven with math and logic and regression analysis.

But screw that, because it's a pennant race, and even the most logical stathead has subjective ideas about who he'd most want to see step to the plate with his favorite team's season on the line.

Here is my 2010 All-Clutch team, comprised of the players who have demonstrated the best ability to perform when it counts. I tried to limit my list to players from contending teams, since they're the only ones who really matter at this point.

Here's to hoping we get to see one of these guys come up with a big hit this October.

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