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Rick Ankiel: Once a Disgraced Pitching Phenom, Now an Outfield Star

Rick Ankiel: Once a Disgraced Pitching Phenom, Now an Outfield Star

 

Anyone remember the 2000 MLB playoffs when St. Louis Cardinals 21 year old pitching phenom Rick Ankiel had a meltdown and couldn’t throw strikes?
For years after the 2000 playoff debacle Ankiel was floating around independent baseball leagues trying to get his wildness under control. In the summer of 2005 Ankiel, playing in the Puerto Rican Profess… Click to read more