Kaz Matsui had an OPS+ of 87 this year, which is actually lower than his first year with the Mets. He didn't play out of his mind at all. He was the exact same player he's always been, just aided by his numbers at Coors Field.
Don't you know that Matsui is better than A-Rod!
Seriously, I love the playoffs and all but whenever someone has a hot streak like Kaz it causes people to make short sighted, rash, and downright insane comments.
As I mentioned in the comments thread I had a blow up with a poster at another board over Kaz who kept insisting that he was all of a sudden this great player who had an unbelievable year. When I pointed out his numbers I was met with "So what, he's been clutch in the playoffs and you know you wouldn't be saying this if he were still on the Mets!" I will never argue over "clutchness" again.
And we are 27 puts away from a Rockies/Indians World Series