The Yips and fortune....
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""""Though never regarded as one of the top fielding second basemen in the league, Steve Sax inexplicably became incapable of making routine throws to first base committing 30 errors that season. This is referred to in baseball terminology as "Steve Sax Syndrome", the fielder's variant of "Steve Blass disease," named after the Pirates pitcher who suffered a similar breakdown of basic mechanics (also known as "The Yips"
. As his accuracy suffered, fans sitting behind the first base dugout began wearing batting helmets as mock protection."""
Steve Sax, strictly DH material........
Sure go ahead and state that 3 championships in 5 years is good fortune......... of course luck is involved, it usually is, but you need to put yourself in position to get lucky.......
I always steal Jerry West's letter that he addressed to the Lakers before they finally beat the Celtics in the mid 80's to coach my kids...
"Only 1 team will win this game...... it's the team that makes the most plays, throws the most strikes, get the most hits, knows their cut off, knows the situations and has a little bit of luck, but you need to make plays to get lucky........ put yourself in position to get lucky.......
. As his accuracy suffered, fans sitting behind the first base dugout began wearing batting helmets as mock protection."""Steve Sax, strictly DH material........
Sure go ahead and state that 3 championships in 5 years is good fortune......... of course luck is involved, it usually is, but you need to put yourself in position to get lucky.......
I always steal Jerry West's letter that he addressed to the Lakers before they finally beat the Celtics in the mid 80's to coach my kids...
"Only 1 team will win this game...... it's the team that makes the most plays, throws the most strikes, get the most hits, knows their cut off, knows the situations and has a little bit of luck, but you need to make plays to get lucky........ put yourself in position to get lucky.......
