Cubs pitcher Jon Lester has the yips. Everybody in baseball knows it. So why aren’t opposing base runners running wild?
CHICAGO—The Cubs’ Jon Lester can throw a baseball from the pitcher’s mound to home plate with superhuman precision, whipping cutters at 90 mph that consistently hit their target within a fraction of an inch. But ask the five-time All-Star pitcher to throw the ball anywhere else—like to first base, for instance—and a short toss most Little Leaguers can make becomes a crippling challenge.
Lester has the yips, like Steve Sax and Mackey Sasser and Steve Blass and other elite athletes who suddenly and inexplicably lost the ability...
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