Rick Ankiel

pro sportsbaseballAs the dog days of summer wind down and kids head back to school, the baseball season in the world of pro sports begins to make its stretch run. I am sure that we learned just from last season when the St. Louis Cardinals who barely made the playoffs with a just over .500 record went on to upset both the New York Mets in the NL championship series and the favored Detroit Tigers in the World Series; that nothing is guaranteed. Revenue sharing, an idea that Bud Selig the... Read Full Story

Saturday, August 11, 2007 Round up your friends and gather around the computer because it's story time, and this story has drama, intrigue, comedy, and joy...The Rick Ankiel Story. This story started before the turn of the century, back in 1999, when a 19 year old Ankiel made his MLB debut for the St. Louis Cardinals. He did well in his late season call-up posting a 3.27 era in 33 innings pitched. Ankiel's real impact came in the new millennium, when he racked up 11 wins for the Cards... Read Full Story

There were two baseball stories that caught the public’s attention this year. Barry Bonds broke Hank Aaron’s major league career home run record and Ricky Ankiel, once a promising pitcher, returned to the majors as a home run hitting outfielder. Both events evoked Babe Ruth who remains the sport’s patron saint. Bonds now holds the two records that people associated with Ruth for more than a generation, the single season home run record (73) and the career home run record. Ankiel’s... Read Full Story

There were confirmed reports from Cardinals camp today that manager Tony La Russa was quietly lobbying for Barry Bonds.  Spring Training games start this week and the home run king still remains a free agent.  There has been little interest in the 43 year old slugger, as an investigation continues with possible perjury charges hanging overhead.La Russa discussed the notion with his coaching staff, where he received a mixed response, then took the idea to general manager John Mozeliak. "When... Read Full Story

Rick Ankiel. The guy is swingin' a red-hot bat these days. Everyone's favorite pitcher-turned outfield sensation homered twice for a career-high seven RBIs last night, to lead the defending World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals to a 16-4, rain-shortened ass-whooping of the Pittsburgh Pirates Thursday night. Smoking the tie-breaking, three-run shot in the second inning and a two-run dinger in the fifth, he is batting .358 with nine homers and 29 RBIs in just 23 games since being called... Read Full Story