Saturday, June 23, 2012

The Graphic Steve Blass Disease

Steve Blass disease is the second most infamous disease named after a baseball player.

Steve Blass disease is defined (by wikipedia) as players who inexplicably and permanently lose their ability to accurately throw a baseball.

Well herpes is
viral disease from the herpesviridae family caused by both Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 (HSV-2)*wikipedia


That description doesn't really tell you what herpes looks like though.  Wanna see what herpes looks like?  Click here.  *I could have linked to worse, but didn't feel it necessary.

Likewise, the definition of Steve Blass disease doesn't tell you what it looks like.

Ready?

It looks like this.

*http://www.fangraphs.com/graphs.aspx?playerid=1001058&position=P&page=2&type=full

Not such a pretty sight eh,

How about this variant?

*http://www.fangraphs.com/graphs.aspx?playerid=414&position=P&page=2&type=full

Or this one?

*http://www.fangraphs.com/graphs.aspx?playerid=1703&position=P&page=0&type=full


Lastly, in case the severity of the disease is still not apparent.  A teenager affected by said disease.






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