Comments on: Steve Blass’ Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Disease

By: ashley.paige

ashley.paige — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:53:45 +0000

Malcom Gladwell wrote an article based on this same theory – The Art of Failure (my name will take you to the article). Basically what is the difference between choking and panicking? He describes it as this: Choking is when an athelete starts to overthink the most basic movement of their sport and pretty much self-sabatoges because of one tiny mistake. It is a very intersting read – as are all of his works.

By: Richard the IV

Richard the IV — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:00:35 +0000

Ever wonder if some of these people weren’t actually that talented in the first place and that there awesomeness was the fluke and not there downfall?

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:50:52 +0000

Vanderjagt may just be a victim of karma, and not Steve Blass disease.

And I thought Steve Blass disease only pertained to baseball players.

By: Mike D

Mike D — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:35:51 +0000

Loved the reference to the great children’s book in the title. But you’ve transposed “terrible” and “horrible”. It’s “Alexander’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”.

By: ian

ian — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:12:03 +0000

The guy you wanted instead of Hogan was Ian Baker-Finch. He won the British Open then…

“Baker-Finch then famously suffered a complete collapse of his game. The problems were often psychological: He would hit shots flawlessly on the practice range, and then go to the first tee and hit a weak drive into the wrong fairway. In the 1995 Open Championship at St Andrews, he notoriously hooked his first round tee-shot at the first out-of-bounds on the left side of the fairway shared with the 18th, attention was focused on him as his playing partner was Arnold Palmer, competing in his final Open. In 1995 and 1996 he missed the cut, withdrew after one round, or was disqualified in all twenty nine PGA Tour events that he entered. After shooting a 92 in the first round of the 1997 British Open, an extraordinarily bad score by tournament professional standards, he withdrew from the championship and retired from tournament golf.” – Wikipedia

By: Liam

Liam — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:07:26 +0000

Ben Hogan does not belong on this list because he was injuried. In 1949 he was in a car accident that almost claimed his life when a greyhound bus collided head on with his car. The doctors questioned whether or not he would be able to walk again. Hogan would never have trouble with circulation in his legs, and would struggle to walk 18 holes in a single day. To say he belongs on this list is quite possibly the most idiotic thing you could say.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:56:24 +0000

I know Steve Blass; he’s from my hometown in CT. I’m not going to diatribe about how nice of a guy he is (which is true) or that the article was unfair (which is false). I just think it’s cool to see an article about a guy I actually know. The local Little League field is named after him and he comes back to town every now and again. Quite a class act considering his career.

By: Erik

Erik — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:20:59 +0000

Patch Adams is the worst movie I have had ever had the misfourtune of seeing in the theater. Hot garbage committed to celluloid.

Nick Anderson missed four straight free throws at the end of game one of the 1995 NBA Finals, any one of which would have won the game. He was never the same afterward.

By: caroline

caroline — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:13:16 +0000

Ah, good old Mike Vanderjagt. As Peyton Manning called him “our idiot kicker who got liquored up and ran his mouth off.”

By: Eric Y.

Eric Y. — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:44:25 +0000

I was hoping to see Rick Ankiel on the list, too. His meltdown during the 2000 NLDS, throwing 5 wild pitches in one inning, was the worst I have ever seen. He also overcame it and is now back with the Cardinals playing the outfield.