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

By: Lark

Lark — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:40:05 +0000

Hey Mdeva, you reached a new low! Who knew that Bush Derangement Syndrome would emerge in a discussion of Steve Blass Disease? BDS seems to be incurable and lasts forever, in spite of the inept community organizer we have in the White House now!

By: joe

joe — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:38:02 +0000

when it happens to a fielder, it is called steve sax syndrome. Doesnt really apply outside of baseball.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:15:59 +0000

Pretty sure Yogi’s quote was: “Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical.”

By: Barry Disbrow

Barry Disbrow — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 14:44:06 +0000

How about Jimmy Foxx, one of the youngest players of all time to reach 500 career homers only to suddenly lose it after completing his 12th straight 30+ homer season at age 32 to reach 500 career homers and would go on to hit only 34 more in the rest of his career.

By: mdeva

mdeva — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:30:09 +0000

Victim: George W Bush

Year of infliction: 2000

Before Steve Blass: Relatively harmless, inept cowboy.

After Steve Blass: Virtually destroyed the free-est, most powerful nation on the face of the earth.

By: Marty

Marty — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:13:24 +0000

Happy to update Minnesotan comment that Rick is doing really well considering his road back. He really uses his pitching arm as a cannon from the outfield.

By: RIH

RIH — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:57:47 +0000

There is an old story in Pgh. that the reason Steve Blass crashed was Dave Cash, the Pirate second baseman was messing with his wife.
Check out how suddenly and totally by surprise Dave Cash was traded to the Phillies. Coincidence? I think not.

Get your head messed with like that, and you wouldn’t tell anyone either. You’d just suffer and finally quit.

By: Jimmytex

Jimmytex — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:02:26 +0000

The most obvious Steve Blass victim in my lifetime…OK, all this is from memory, but here goes:

Nick Anderson, SG, Orlando Magic, in the early-to-mid 90′s.

Before SB: One of the better three-point marksmen and free-throw shooters in basketball, with a decent variety of face-up moves. A high-percentage 17 ppg wing scorer that helped get Shaq and Penny to the 1995 NBA Finals.

SB Moment: With the Magic up by six points and under a minute left, Anderson missed the last four Magic free throws in regulation of Game One against the Rockets. After both pairs of missed free throws the Rockets got 3-pointers – first from Sam Cassell and then a deep bomb from Kenny Smith with virtually no time left, to send the game into overtime. Hakeem dominates in OT and the Rockets go on to sweep the series.

After SB: Couldn’t shoot straight again, especially at the stripe. IIRC, he went from at least a mid-eighties in free throw percentage to mid-fifties overnight, challenging Shaq for the worst free-throw percentage in the league. He never recovered his shot; was out of the NBA after a couple of nightmarishly bad years.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 22:34:40 +0000

It’s Mackey Sasser, not Mickey. And I agree with Tom – Rick Ankiel should be on this list.

By: Bassman

Bassman — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:16:07 +0000

I have interludes of Blassism. Sometimes I pick up my bass and… well, it’s just a damn shame.