A-Rod cannot match the majesty of Lloyd McClendon in 1992

So a little bird told me that some guy named Alex Rodriguez(notes) is having a pretty good postseason. He used to be terrible for much in the playoffs, so I had to check it out for myself. Not bad, I suppose: Through six games, A-Rod is hitting 8-for-23 with four homers and nine RBIs. He's holding a gaudy .348 average and a 1.277 OPS. Against the Twins in the ALDS, he went 5-for-11 with two homers in three games, a .455 average, and a 1.500 OPS. There's nothing wrong with those kind of numbers, of course, but I don't get why everyone's making a big deal of it. They're certainly not historic and you can color both me and a certain former Pirate unimpressed. It should go without saying, but Alex Rodriguez is obviously no Lloyd McClendon. At the very least, A-Rod will have to start doing some serious work if he wants to match McClendon's record of .727 for the highest single-postseason batting average.The hard-to-believe achievement of the mediocre outfielder c...