NEW YORK -- Once upon a baseball time, Steve Blass was the ace of the late-60s, early-'70s Pittsburgh Pirates.
This righty who used to get great results from a shaky delivery won 15 games in 1971 plus two more in the World Series, Game 3 and Game 7. The next year, Blass won 19 games, finished sixth in the NL with a 2.49 ERA and was an National League All-Star.
And then in '73, out of nowhere, Blass couldn't throw strikes. The late, great Roberto Clemente's good buddy became so wild that he was throwing balls behind hitters.