Steve Blass was an excellent pitcher for the Pirates in the early 1970s until he suddenly lost the ability to pitch. Roger Angell’s article is excellent.
The term Steve Blass Disease was coined for sudden inexplicable declines by athletes.
Category: Sports
Philadelphia fans and pole climbing
Tweets about the Polo Grounds
The Polo Grounds was the ballpark where the New York Giants played until they moved to San Francisco. The Mets played there in their first two seasons,1962 and 1963. I went to a game in both years. I remember things about the game but not about the ballpark
Game 7 of the 1979 World Series – 10/17/79
I was there. The Pirates beat the Orioles in Game 7 in Baltimore. As an Orioles fan, this was terrible. The Orioles had a 3-1 series lead with 2 of the 3 final games in Baltimore. I saw all four Baltimore home games and they only won the first one.
The end was very strange. There were very few Pirates fans there. There were 30-40 people jumping up and down on the field while over 50,000 Orioles fans left in stunned silence.
Amazing finish to a 2013 Ravens-Vikings game
The SMU pony mascot pooped on the football field
They should stick to people in animal costumes.
Incredible Justin Tucker statistics
Ravens kicker Justin Tucker won another game with a field goal as time expired. He could be the best NFL kicker ever..
Sad! 