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Ankiel?s Spectacular Assists
2008-05-09 20:23:00 Ankiel’s Spectacular Assists Most outfielders with extraordinary arms get converted into pitchers. This is what happens when pitchers get converted into outfielders. Funny how a guy can’t throw a strike from 60 feet but can throw one from 200 feet. BallHype - Ankiel Throws Strikes From Centre Field ballhype_story_widget_280311(fa-lse);
By: Mop Up Duty
Rick Ankiel (OF-STL)
2008-04-23 04:48:00 Rick Ankiel received a day off on Tuesday, a result of a recent slump for the Cardinals outfielder. Ankiel walked twice on Monday, but he has two hits in 17 at-bats over the past six games. He has one extra-base hit since April 12 and no homers since April 13.
By: The RotoFeed
Braden Looper, Rick Ankiel lead St. Louis Cardinals past Washington Nationa
2008-04-05 07:35:00 A patchwork rotation was supposed to be the St. Louis Cardinals’ weakness. Instead, no-name starters have worked four straight stingy starts while stand-in ace Adam Wainwright has yet to pitch in a game that counted. Braden Looper pitched six sharp innings and Rick Ankiel’s two-run home run provided a first-inning cushion in a 5-4 victory ...
By: MLB News Blog
Rick Ankiel has 3 hits, big defensive play in Cardinals? 8-3 win over Rocki
2008-04-03 06:35:00 New St. Louis Cardinals center fielder Rick Ankiel had a game that would have made Jim Edmonds proud. Ankiel, the former wild left-hander who resurrected his career as a power-hitting outfielder last year and now is Edmonds’ replacement, homered, singled twice and made a diving catch in an 8-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies on ...
By: MLB News Blog
Rick Ankiel Slams 2 Homers
2008-03-15 15:35:00 It's a popular question being asked these days, where should you select Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel, and what can we expect from him. The pitcher-turned-hitter enjoyed a sensational start to his new career last season, slamming 11 homeruns in 172 at bats with 39 RBIs. In 150 games, those numbers equal 35 homeruns, and 124 RBIs. The dilemma for Ankiel is that while his average was a solid .285,...
By: The RotoFeed
The "Mad Genius" Is at it Again
2007-09-25 05:17:00 I'm going to be very blunt about this: Tony La Russa's new strategy of batting the pitcher in the eighth spot has got to be one of the dumbest, pseudo-intelligent, wanna-be innovative ideas I have ever seen. As I understand it, La Russa thinks it creates more scoring opportunities for the guys at the top of the lineup. The pitcher has to bat somewhere, though, and now there are just fewer scoring opportunities for the guy now batting ninth, as well as more plate appearances for the worst hitter on the team. You can stretch your brain any which way trying to come up with convoluted justifications for this move, but ultimately, it can't possibly help. Rick Hummel is willing to give ol' Tony the benefit of the doubt, however, proclaiming that La Russa's new maneuver is "a hit." It's not, and I'm here to tell you why.But this year, after some initial national (and some local) snickering that La Russa was "overmanaging," the method seems to have gained at least tacit acceptance. T...
Baseball will look into Orioles? Jay Gibbons, along with Rick Ankiel and Tr
2007-09-11 01:18:00 Baltimore Orioles outfielder Jay Gibbons joined the list of players asked to meet with baseball officials after being linked to a Florida pharmacy that distributed prescription performance-enhancing drugs. A day after SI.com reported Gibbons received steroids and human growth hormone from Signature Pharmacy after both substances were banned, baseball requested a meeting with the Orioles… Read ...
By: MLB News Blog
MLB asks to meet with Rick Ankiel and Troy Glaus after reports link them to
2007-09-08 02:14:00 Major League Baseball asked Friday to meet with Rick Ankiel and Troy Glaus after the pair were accused of receiving performance-enhancing drugs from a Florida pharmacy under investigation for illegally distributing prescription medications. Ankiel, who has hit nine homers since rejoining the St. Louis Cardinals last month, received eight shipments of human growth hormone from ...
By: MLB News Blog
Reports: Rick Ankiel and Troy Glaus linked to Florida pharmacy at center of
2007-09-07 22:10:00 Comeback kid Rick Ankiel and former World Series MVP Troy Glaus received performance-enhancing drugs from a Florida pharmacy under investigation for illegally distributing prescription medications, according to a pair of reports. Ankiel, who has hit nine homers since rejoining the St. Louis Cardinals last month, received eight shipments of human growth hormone from January to ...
By: MLB News Blog
Is Rick Ankiel For Real?
2007-09-07 16:30:00 In what started out as another feel good story in MLB this season with Rick Ankiel returning to the big leagues, it could all go for naught as a New York Daily News report says that Ankiel received HGH from an internet pharmacy. According to the report, Ankiel received a 12-month’s supply of HGH in 2004. ...
By: Random Thoughts
Fantasy Baseball - Rick Ankiel, Danys Baez, Alfonso Soriano
2007-09-07 16:18:00 The big MLB news yesterday was not Cardinals' OF Rick Ankiel's 2HR/7 RBI day, which brought took his 81 AB major league totals to 9 HRs and 29 RBI, but the revelation by the Daily News of New York that he was a mail-order HGH purchaser for the 2004 calendar year. After weeks of adulation from all corners, I wonder how those sportswriters, specifically Peter Gammons of ESPN who wrote ,"Every time I look at Rick Ankiel, I think he is a better man than me," will treat this latest information. Will they soothe their cognitve dissonace by excusing Ankiel's actions or will they say, "Oops. I may have been more hyperbolic than Chicken Little on the day the sky didn't fall." Brought into a 6-6 game to pitch the ninth inning, Orioles closer Danys Baez allowed a run to bring his 2007 W-L record to an ugly 0-6. I cannot help thinking that he'd be out of the 9th inning role already if the Orioles had another viable option. The recently-recalled Fernando Cabrer...
By: The RotoFeed
Rick Ankiel Was Given HGH [David Stefanini]
2007-09-07 15:38:00 Rick Ankiel, who has been the feel good, comeback story of the past month or so, has now been linked to HGH. However, as of right now, it does not look like Ankiel did anything wrong. He was prescribed HGH by a Florida physician in 2004. HGH was not officially banned from MLB until 2005. Here is ESPN with more: The New York Daily News reported Friday that Ankiel received a 12-month supply of human growth hormone in 2004 from a Florida pharmacy that was part of a national illegal prescription drug-distribution operation, citing records its reporters saw. That Orlando outfit, Signature Pharmacy, has been implicated in a steroids investigation run by Albany County (N.Y.) District Attorney P. David Soares, which has resulted in 22 indictments and several Florida clinic raids. Ankiel's HGH prescriptions, including Saizen and Genotropin, were signed by Florida physician William Gogan, who provided them through a Palm Beach Gardens clinic called The Health and Rejuvenation Center, or THAR...
By: American Legends
Feel good story, gone bad? - Rick Ankiel and H.G.H
2007-09-07 15:26:00 The New York Daily News has broken a potentially shocking story that Cardinals pitcher turned slugger Rick Ankiel allegedly received a year long supply of human growth hormone (H.G.H) in 2004 from a Florida pharmacy that was part of an American cross country illegal drug distribution operation.
By: A Wikia Wiki
Cardinals' Slugger Rick Ankiel Implicated in Drug Probe...
2007-09-07 15:08:00 If this is true, it?s a monumental shame. From CNNsi.com ?Comeback kid Rick Ankiel of the St. Louis Cardinals received a year's supply of human growth hormone in 2004, the Daily News reported Friday. The pitcher-turned-outfielder is the latest athlete to be linked to the Florida pharmacy at the center of an investigation by the Albany County (N.Y.) district attorney's office into the illegal Internet distribution of performance-enhancing drugs.? Also? ?Citing records the newspaper obtained, the Daily News said Ankiel got eight shipments of human growth hormone from Signature Pharmacy in Orlando from January to December 2004, including Saizen and Genotropin, two injectable drugs. Florida physician William Gogan signed Ankiel's prescriptions, providing them through a Palm Beach Gardens clinic called The Health and Rejuvenation Center, or THARC, the newspaper reported. The drugs were shipped to Ankiel at the clinic's address, the paper said. The 28-year-old Ankiel lives ...
By: The Oriole Post
Rick Ankiel Received Human Growth Hormone (hGH) from Signature Pharmacy in
2007-09-07 14:57:00 St. Louis Cardinals pitcher-turned-outfielder, Rick Ankiel received human growth hormone (hGH) from an internet pharmacy at the center of a major performance-enhancing drug distribution ring involving bogus prescriptions dispensed over the internet. According to the New York Daily News, Ankiel received a 12 month supply of human growth hormone from Signature Pharmacy in 2004. According to
Report: Cardinals comeback kid Rick Ankiel received human growth hormone in
2007-09-07 10:52:00 Comeback kid Rick Ankiel of the St. Louis Cardinals received a year’s supply of human growth hormone in 2004, the Daily News reported Friday. The pitcher-turned-outfielder is the latest athlete to be linked to the Florida pharmacy at the center of an investigation by the Albany County (N.Y.) district attorney’s office into the illegal Internet ...
By: MLB News Blog
Rick Ankiel and a Fun Little 'What If?'
2007-09-04 17:41:00 I keep having this thought. In my imagination, the St. Louis Cardinals have overtaken the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs to win the NL Central. They are in the playoffs, but it doesn't matter in what round or who against. St. Louis gets immersed in a long extra-inning game, you know, the kind
By: A Wikia Wiki
Thoughts On Rick Ankiel
2007-08-12 05:29:00 Rick Ankiel. You may have heard of him. The pitcher-turned-outfielder is now 5 for 12 with three home runs in 2007. This comes after he hit .267/.314/.568 with 32 HR in 389 Triple A at-bats. What's the fantasy outlook? "); // --> Ankiel's 32 HRs was tops in the Pacific Coast League. However, we should not take the prodigious power display as a clear sign of future big league success. Perusing the PCL HR leaderboard, we find names like Valentino Pascucci, Craig Brazell, Scott Seabol, and Scott McClain. Last year it was Jon Knott, Jack Cust, McClain again, Michael Restovich, and Scott Hairston. However, Ankiel has something going for him that none of the others listed above can claim. For Ankiel, his power display came during his first attempt at the Triple A level. Plus, he only had 136 ABs at Double A and those came in 2005. He missed all of 2006 with a knee injury. Ankiel's power display is impressive in a rooki...
By: The RotoFeed
My Rick Ankiel Article
2007-08-10 19:05:00 When Rick Ankiel first came to The Show, he was one of my favorite non-Red Sox players. He was a pitcher who could hit. My brother bought a few dozen of his rookie cards for cheap on eBay with the intention of selling them when Ankiel became an All-Star calibre player. I bought one off of my
By: A Wikia Wiki
The Hero File: The Return of Rick Ankiel...
2007-08-10 17:37:00 (* - photo from the AP)If you all have read my blog enough, I sometimes tend to very snarky and critical of athletes and celebrities. Heck, I even took Tony LaRussa to task in Spring Training over his drunken driving incident.But rarely, do I ever stand up and applaud an athlete.Today, I will and so proudly.Rick Ankiel made a dramatic return to the major leagues after nearly leaving the game due to his troubles on the mound. After a three year absence, he's back -- this time as a reserve outfielder.I remember very well his struggles in the playoffs of a few years ago against the Atlants Braves, and then he coming back the following season -- struggling and forgetiing how to throw a baseball.In a scene of out a movie, he hit three-run homer in his first game back in the major leagues, helping Joel Pineiro and the Cardinals to a 5-0 victory over the San Diego Padres on Thursday night at Busch Stadium. I saw the replay on Sportscenter -- one powerful moment.In a summer of scandals, do...
By: The Oriole Post
Rick Ankiel Gets Homer On Return To St. Louis Cardinals
2007-08-10 09:19:00 Baseball fans saw Rick Ankiel return to MLB Yesterday as an outfielder. Rick Ankiel failed in his attempt to come back to the St. Louis Cardinal, however Rick Ankiel got called up from the minors and he managed to hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning off San Diego’s Doug Brocail. As Rick Ankiel powered ...
By: Product Reviews
Rick Ankiel Returns to the St. Louis Cardinals
2007-08-09 20:53:00 Rick Ankiel has been called up as a power hitter to join the St. Louis Cardinals from their AAA affiliate Memphis Redbirds. Considered one of baseball’s most promising young pitchers before uncontrollable wildness that emerged in a 2000 playoff game derailed his career, Ankiel last appeared in the major leagues in 2004. Ankiel was hitting .267 with ...
The Power of Rick Ankiel
2007-06-18 08:45:00 Rick Ankiel continues to get closer and closer to that day when his phone will ring with a call from the big leagues. On Saturday night Ankiel clubbed three home runs for AAA Memphis, tying him for second in the minor leagues with 19. Ankiel would be wise to work on his .309 OBP, but he will be wearing Cardinals red sooner rather than later.On a completely unrelated note, I recommend checking out this little Jose Mesa tidbit from the Salt Lake Tribune. They've done some research, and it appears that Mesa either lied about his age, or he was the most virile 8 year-old boy in the history of mankind.
By: WBRS Sports Blog
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