WahooManiac 2,002 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 56 minutes ago, Chest-Rockwell said: I sure do. Knoblauch acquired a nasty case of the yips later on in his career. Pretty much immediately upon becoming a member of the Yankees in 1998, Knoblauch began having fielding issues. However, his yips on the short distance throw from the 2b position to 1b specifically heightened in the year 2000 when, rather infamously, Knoblauch voluntarily removed himself from a ballgame against my ChiSox in the 6th inning after having just committed his THIRD throwing error of the contest. It was pretty much lights out after that for Chuck. His career fizzled out pretty quickly shortly thereafter, as he was out of baseball entirely upon conclusion of the 2002 season, wrapping things up with a nondescript 80 game stint with the lowly Kansas City Royals. He's one of the very few Yankees I've ever really felt sorry for. That was sad to watch unfold. Worst case of the yips I've ever seen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
89Topps 2,700 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Chest-Rockwell said: I sure do. Knoblauch acquired a nasty case of the yips later on in his career. Pretty much immediately upon becoming a member of the Yankees in 1998, Knoblauch began having fielding issues. However, his yips on the short distance throw from the 2b position to 1b specifically heightened in the year 2000 when, rather infamously, Knoblauch voluntarily removed himself from a ballgame against my ChiSox in the 6th inning after having just committed his THIRD throwing error of the contest. It was pretty much lights out after that for Chuck. His career fizzled out pretty quickly shortly thereafter, as he was out of baseball entirely upon conclusion of the 2002 season, wrapping things up with a nondescript 80 game stint with the lowly Kansas City Royals. Man, it is crazy to look at Chuck Knoblauch's fangraphs page. He went from +10.6, 12.5 & 18.8 to -13.2, 11 & 9.2 defensive rating. And he was only 30 when that happened. I wonder if there's ever been a guy with that drastic of a drop in defense without age or injury really being a factor. Looking back, he was really, really good for the Twins. 3 straight years of over 6 fWAR. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KingJoffrey 905 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Oh yeah I’m old enough to remember Eric Davis and his one year wonder sidekick.. Kal Daniels. Actually Kal had a few good years but got hurt. He had like a .335-25hr-25 steal season or something like that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trexpenniebaker 286 Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, WahooManiac said: He's one of the very few Yankees I've ever really felt sorry for. That was sad to watch unfold. Worst case of the yips I've ever seen MY softball team that yr and was always giving each other a hard time on errors we all made throwing. WE go damn you knob launched that one LOL . Amazing how this happens to player Remember Steve Blass and R Ankiel had this happen to them too pitching. Edited March 26, 2020 by Trexpenniebaker add 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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