Rick Ankiel Mania and the "Other" Comeback Story

I just finished watching my third straight Mets/Cardinals game at Busch. And instead of spewing unfiltered venom all over the keyboard after another absolutely brutal Mets loss, I'm going to say nice things about the Cardinals. Specifically, I'm going to talk about my new man crush on Rick Ankiel (it's part of my therapy). You know how as a fan, even a fairly insane one, you sometimes don't really get to appreciate a player who plays in another market? Put that guy in another division and chances are you're even less in the know than you think you are. Such is (was) the case with Rick Ankiel and me. Everyone knows the Josh Hamilton story. It's perfectly fine with me if that story gets told again and again. It's one of those tales you can't make up and, for now, Hollywood couldn't have scripted it better. Hamilton has overcome physical and psychological pain and trauma that I can't even imagine, and I am in no way pitting Hamilton versus Anki...