Because he knows nothing about the Clutch.

He's the king of pouring it on when his team is ahead, like in the South Africa game. But look what he does in this game versus Japan: grounds into a DP in the first inning and then whiffs later with the go-ahead run at third. Typical.

Why didn't he play for the Dominican Republic? The U.S. is cursed with him playing for us. The Yankees too.