Dontrelle Willis and Steve Blass Syndrome

[Namaste]

D-Train will always be one of my favorite baseball players.

He's playing in obscurity somewhere in the Reds farm system.

Life is crazy man.


:confused


Steve Blass is best known for his sudden and inexplicable loss of control after the 1972 season. His ERA climbed to 9.81 in the 1973 season. He walked 84 batters in 88 innings, and struck out only 27. Blass suffered through the 1973 season, then spent most of 1974 in the minor leagues. He retired from baseball in March 1975.

A condition referred to as "Steve Blass Disease" has become a part of baseball lexicon. The "diagnosis" is applied to talented players who inexplicably and permanently seem to lose their ability to accurately throw a baseball.

Notable victims of "Steve Blass Disease" include Rick Ankiel and Dontrelle Willis.

[Madman81]

Obscurity? He's in AAA with a 2.67 ERA and will almost certainly get a shot somewhere this season.

[Namaste]

LOL

He was the Cy Young runner up in 2005 and hasn't had anything resembling a good season in at least 4 years.

He's in obscurity.


No one is rooting harder for him than I am but he's been getting "shots" every year that have yielded very poor results.

[Madman81]

Obscurity makes it sound like he's back in single A esmeraldabuka fields, kansas.

[Omar]

I'd take him back

[Party]

We aren't that bad.

[Madman81]

I think it'd be fun to see if he could outperform Vazquez

[Party]

A tin can could outperform him.

[Hugg]

He's showing his best control in years

[Namaste]

How about D-Train in an Arthur Rhodes capacity?

[Madman81]

I think Dontrelle would have a better chance of some consistency and success with the routine that comes with starting rather than the unknowns of relieving.

[Miamarlin21]

Obscurity? He's in AAA with a 2.67 ERA and will almost certainly get a shot somewhere this season.

I talked to the Reds general manager Walt Jocketty a few weeks ago in person and he said that Dontrelle would have gotten called up if he wasn't hurt. (He was dealing with a hamstring and groin injury at the time)

[AdamRavs]

A tin can could outperform him.

I Lol'd :lol

[Namaste]

I think he gon get a start this week

[Miamarlin21]

I think he gon get a start this week

Sunday.

[Namaste]

D-Train is +125 vs Brew Crew today

C'mon D-Train one time


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ighxHDbEmFo

[Namaste]

Here comes the D-Train


WAY cleaner delivery

[Bobbob1313]

Yuck.

One run in and bases loaded right now.

I really want to see him do well.

[Miamarlin21]

He was right around the zone for the most part but then started missing badly. Also, when he was in the strike zone, it looked very hittable. Hopefully it was just first-inning jitters.
He does look very skinny though.

[Valid]

6 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 4 BB, 4 K

Solid first outing.

[Blackout Pact]

Not bad at all. Good to see him back on the mound. He has to be one of the most likable guys in baseball.

[Sandroimbuto]

I think he just needs to regain his confidence

[Namaste]

He really settled down after the first 2 innings.

Also, not exactly the easiest assignment to go into Milwaukee and shut down the Brewers lineup.

[Namaste]

8 hits but only 2 earned runs and one BB @ HOU tonight

He hit a blast to RF for a HR

Has he had a home start yet since he's been back?

[Beef]

Yeah, the last couple were at home. He's hitting over .400

[Swifty]

Remember when he put one in the second deck in Houston in '05? He's fun.

[Beef]

Remember when he peed in the street? He is indeed fun

[Hugg]

Should take some homeless fellas to see him

[Ramp]

giving up that many hits to a AAA team is not that encouraging

[Swifty]

Never said 'good'. "The Don" will tell you I was his most vocal detractor, but he's fun.

[Beef]

TheDon thought Joe Girardi was the best. What an asshole. Daft should arrest that guy for being an asshole

[Ramp]

Never said 'good'. "The Don" will tell you I was his most vocal detractor, but he's fun.

taking things too personally... was not directed towards you at all

[Party]

Remember when pierremvp said Swift was racist for being a Willis detractor?

[marlins_virus.exe]

I don't even remember pierremvp

[Swifty]

taking things too personally... was not directed towards you at all

<3s
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Remember when pierremvp said Swift was racist for being a Willis detractor?

I DO!

[Namaste]

http://deadspin.com/5904433/the-d-train-is-off-the-rails-dontrelle-willis-goes-awol-from-orioles-aaa-team

[geemoney]

I was doing official scoring for the Norfolk vs. Scranton games this weekend and the Tides and Yanks radio announcers said Willis claimed it would be bad for his arm if he relieved and preferred to start. They didn't have very much nice to say about him, which is sad.

[Hugg]

Dontrelle Willis ‏ @D_Train35 Close
@ScottyD30 @norfolk_tides I don't see how when i talked to him face to face in front of the manager and pitching coach. Lol that crazy

"him" being Duquette

Dontrelle Willis ‏ @D_Train35 Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
@ScottyD30 lol dog I left five days ago u think they just pop in the looker room as said its quiet where d???. Lol Cmon

[Namaste]

Someone translate that for me (especially the 2nd one)

[Hugg]

I believe he's saying that the report is bullshit and they knew he was leaving (he talked to Duquette face to face) and that this happened 5 days ago so why is suddenly a story now.

[Flum]

I will always blame Rick Kranitz for "fixing" Dontrelle's delivery.

[Namaste]

I believe he's saying that the report is bullshit and they knew he was leaving (he talked to Duquette face to face) and that this happened 5 days ago so why is suddenly a story now.

Ok, thanks.

And then it's safe to say he means Lol common one time at the very end of the 2nd one?

[Beef]

ehe, it's way more enjoyable when it goes 3 or 4 days without use and then pops up like that.

[Madman81]

I like where he refers to himself as d

[TheMendozaLine]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0j2dVuhr6s&t=59s