RICK ANKIEL NEWS
What if Rick Ankiel had never stopped pitching? ...
January 27, 2008 by
deadspin.com
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What if Rick Ankiel had never stopped pitching? Sigh. [Ballhype]
Off Day Relief
August 03, 2009 by
Viva El Birdos
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by Tom Gannam - AP
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I guess they won't be missing Oswalt so much after all. It's amazing how inelastic my subjective idea of this offense has gotten; even after all the...
Quirky Fence Distances Overflow Thread
July 20, 2009 by
Viva El Birdos
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by David J. Phillip - AP
19 minutes ago:
St. Louis Cardinals' Rick Ankiel (24) celebrates with teammate Mark DeRosa, right, after scoring along with teammate Ryan Ludwick (47) during the fourth inning...
Brian Tallet Has A Freakin' Sweet Mustache
April 25, 2009 by
Jorge Says No
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I gotta be honest, I never really heard of Brian Tallet before tonight. But after seeing his mustache, he immediately became one of my favorite Toronto Blue Jays.After seeing pictures of Tallet and Rick Ankiel, I'm thinking about starting the 2009 MLB Mustache Hall of Fame...any thoughts?
Pirates Live Another Day
September 06, 2009 by
Baseball Musings
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Rick Ankiel hits a solo home run in the top of the ninth to give the Cardinals a 5-4 lead over the Pirates, but Pittsburgh gets four hits in the bottom of the inning, the last an RBI single by Garrett Jones to cement a 6-5 Pirates win. They stave off having a losing [...]
Rick Ankiel is still hitting the ball
January 24, 2008 by
Baseball is Heaven's Gift to...
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Remember when Rick Ankiel broke down and admitted that he didn't have pitcher stuff? Instead, he had outfield stuff, and he was going to do that instead. It must be nice to have so much talent that you can switch...
End of the Ankiel era?
January 17, 2008 by
redbirdreader.blogspot.com
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Favorite Cardinals' pet project Rick Ankiel, a star pitcher for an instant now trying to make it back to the Majors as an outfielder, was non-tendered, by the club. So what does that mean? Well any player not tendered a contract by an arbitrary deadline becomes a free agent. That...
Wonderbrad, Set-up Man overflow thread
July 30, 2009 by
Viva El Birdos
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Who knew that Matt Holliday would provide this much protection for Rick Ankiel?
Fleecing the Pirates So Easy, Even the Nationals Can Do It
June 27, 2009 by
The Sporting Blog
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The Nationals are in a bit of a quandary. They're trying to convince Mr. Everything, Stephen Strasbourg, to join their woeful franchise for something less than $50 million. Not easy when you're dealing with Scott Boras, who decided to open Rick Ankiel's negotiations with...
Rick Ankiel Gets "Jacked Up" By The Outfield Wall
May 05, 2009 by
BlackSportsOnline
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The good news is that all of Rick Ankiel x-rays came back negative and he has full movement in his legs and arms. The bad news is that you know he is hurting this morning. Running head first into an outfield wall is definitely worse than a lot of the "jacked up" collisions...
RICK ANKIEL DOES HIGH-SPEED GUS FREROTTE
May 05, 2009 by
With Leather
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The Fightins found video of Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel’s collision with the outfield wall in Busch Stadium last night. And somehow this was ruled an out, which is good to know because the announcers in the game spent 10 minutes arguing over that possible ruling while Ankiel...
Ankiel's homer carries Cardinals past Dodgers
August 18, 2009 by
CBSSports.com
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Rick Ankiel put St. Louis ahead with a two-run homer in the seventh inning, and Chris Carpenter pitched eight innings of five-hit ball in the Cardinals' ninth victory in 10 games, 3-2 over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night.
Ankiel's blast lifts St. Louis
August 17, 2009 by
CBSSports.com
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Rick Ankiel put St. Louis ahead with a two-run homer in the seventh inning, and Chris Carpenter pitched eight innings of five-hit ball in the Cardinals' ninth victory in 10 games, 3-2 over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night.
Ankiel, Pujols go deep as Cards nip Dodgers
Rick Ankiel put St. Louis ahead with a two-run homer in the seventh inning, and Chris Carpenter pitched eight innings of five-hit ball in the Cardinals’ ninth victory in 10 games, 3-2 over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night.
St. Louis Cardinals' Hawksworth, Boggs on roster in NLDS
October 07, 2009 by
Viva El Birdos
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St. Louis Cardinals' Hawksworth, Boggs on roster in NLDS
Good news bad news: Hawk and Boggs on the roster, Schumaker a potential starter in centerfield.
"La Russa ignited intrigue when he mentioned three possibilities for tonight's starting center fielder, the...
Kevin Wheeler. KMOX, Baseball Talk
February 12, 2009 by
Central Maine Sports Blog
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Kevin Wheeler stops by the Vortex Express with some fresh PED takes, and then we get to talk about free agent signings and St Louis Cardinals, most notable Rick Ankiel.
Cameron a fit, but there are others
2 days ago by
The iYankees Blog
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From Joel Sherman (NY Post):
Without Damon or a big free-agent purchase, the Yanks will have to go less-heralded and less-offensive minded in left.
Mike Cameron fits the bill, does he not?
Similar free agent options include: Randy Winn, Rick Ankiel and Chone Figgins.
Similar trade...
Yanks Interested In Ankiel
December 09, 2008 by
Sliding Into Home
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From Joel Sherman: The Cardinals have been surprised at the level of interest in center fielder Rick Ankiel. The Yankees have been among at least five teams looking into obtaining Ankiel. The Braves, Rays and Giants are among the others. ... He is one year removed from free agency...
the outfielder who plunked Biggio?
January 12, 2008 by
Plunk Biggio
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As you may have seen or hear, Rick Ankiel is now playing outfield for the St. Louis Cardinals, after several years in the minors attempting to revive his career as a pitcher. This would seem to make Rick Ankiel the only outfielder who has ever plunked Craig Biggio.Ankiel has only played...
Ronnie Foreman
January 28, 2008 by
West Virginia Sports Roundtable
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Holy Cow! Ok, so Rick Ankiel of the St. Louis Cardinals completely washed out as a pitcher. Lost all sense of control on a pitch and was sent back to the minors. No many, many lifetimes later at age 27 he returns as right fielder for the Cardinals and tonight hit 2 HR’s and drove [...]
Nightmare Clients for the Week of September 2nd-September 9th
September 10, 2007 by
The Sports Agent Blog
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1. Former Florida A&M basketball coach Mike Gillespie pleaded no contest Tuesday to charges of stalking a former girlfriend and was sentenced to a year of probation. The court also ordered Gillespie, who is married, to permanently stay away from the victim in the case. He will...
What Might Otherwise Have Been
September 25, 2009 by
Viva El Birdos
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by Pat Sullivan - AP
Houston Astros starting pitcher Bud Norris (20) looks really creepy after pitching six shutout innings in the Astros' 3-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in a baseball game Wednesday, Sept...
Thursday news: X-man, Villone, PirateFest, Crosby, Brooks
1 day ago by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
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Another day, another slew of people the Pirates are “interested in” … plus some other newsz;
X-man back in the ‘Burgh? DK says that the Bucs have made “initial free agent inquiries” on Nady and pitcher Ron Villone. The X basically fits under the...
Ankiel single shy of cycle as Cards snap 5-game slide
June 10, 2009 by
CBSSports.com
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Rick Ankiel finished a single shy of the cycle and Colby Rasmus also homered as the St. Louis Cardinals snapped a five-game losing streak with a 13-4 victory over the Florida Marlins on Wednesday.
Cards Drop Series
July 25, 2009 by
The Gas House Gang
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Things started off well for St. Louis Wednesday night in Detroit as Skip Shumaker led off the game with a home run and Rick Ankiel followed with another shot 2 batters later. Ankiel would add another solo shot in the 5th, but it was not enough as the Cards would blow the lead 4 times...
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