August 20, 200719 yr Ankiel came back from HITTING THE BACKSTOP WITH ALL HIS PITCHES Hamilton had non-baseball problems. Ankiel forgot how to throw a baseball. Ankiel = bigger story than Hamilton Hamilton came back from the brink of death. Hamilton=better story.
August 20, 200719 yr Ankiel came back from HITTING THE BACKSTOP WITH ALL HIS PITCHES Hamilton had non-baseball problems. Ankiel forgot how to throw a baseball. Ankiel = bigger story than Hamilton Hamilton came back from the brink of death. Hamilton=better story. A better baseball story goes to Ankiel. A better life story goes to Hamilton.
August 20, 200719 yr Ankiel came back from HITTING THE BACKSTOP WITH ALL HIS PITCHES Hamilton had non-baseball problems. Ankiel forgot how to throw a baseball. Ankiel = bigger story than Hamilton Hamilton came back from the brink of death. Hamilton=better story. A better baseball story goes to Ankiel. A better life story goes to Hamilton. I can definatley agree with that.
August 20, 200719 yr Def agree with that.. hahaha.. if by some chance they call this game Ankiel's clutch homer wont count.. he had an outfield assist early in the game gunning out Theriot at 3rd..
August 20, 200719 yr Def agree with that.. hahaha.. if by some chance they call this game Ankiel's clutch homer wont count.. he had an outfield assist early in the game gunning out Theriot at 3rd.. Yeah it will. It's an official game. That waas a gun to get Theriot at 3rd.
August 20, 200719 yr Wouldnt the game revert back to the end of the last inning? Which would be the 6th? Ricks HR came in the 7th.. the Cards would win 5-4 in 6 innings.. anyways I dont think they'll call it though..
August 20, 200719 yr Wouldnt the game revert back to the end of the last inning? Which would be the 6th? Ricks HR came in the 7th.. the Cards would win 5-4 in 6 innings.. anyways I dont think they'll call it though.. I thought that was only when one team took the lead?
September 7, 200719 yr I never thought he would be a good hitter, esp. only being an outfielder for 2 years, and to come up and hit MLB pitching! what an athlete. that's awesome.
September 7, 200719 yr Rick Ankiel received 12-month supply of HGH, News learns BY T.J. QUINN, CHRISTIAN RED, MICHAEL O'KEEFFE, and BILL MADDEN DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITERS Friday, September 7th 2007, 12:15 AM PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel, baseball's feel-good story of the season, 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, the Daily News has learned. Ankiel, who flamed out mentally and physically as a pitcher earlier this decade, only to return to the majors as a slugging outfielder last month, has evoked comparisons this season to Roy Hobbs and Babe Ruth. He hit two home runs, a double and had seven RBI yesterday against the Pirates at Busch Stadium, giving him nine home runs in 81 at-bats since his remarkable major league comeback began on Aug. 10. According to records obtained by The News and sources close to the controversy surrounding anti-aging clinics that dispense illegal prescription drugs, Ankiel received eight shipments of HGH from Signature Pharmacy in Orlando from January to December 2004, including the brand-name injectable drugs Saizen and Genotropin. Signature is the pharmacy at the forefront of Albany District Attorney David Soares' two-year investigation into illegal Internet prescription drug sales, which has brought 22 indictments and nine convictions. His agent, Scott Boras, would not comment yesterday, and Woodard did not return messages left on his cell phone. "This is the first I've heard of this," Cardinals GM Walt Jocketty told The News yesterday. "If it's true, obviously it would be very tragic, along with everything else we've had happen to us this year." [Link] Wouldnt be a surprise.. I'd hope he's off them now.. what a season.. just getting crazier by the days..
September 7, 200719 yr Well, time for everyone who hates Bonds to go flying off the Ankiel bandwagon: PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel, baseball's feel-good story of the season, 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, the Daily News has learned. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball..._of_hgh_ne.html Hate to see anyone be hypocritical about this.
September 7, 200719 yr Well I formally take everything good I said back about this douchebag. If it helps keep the Cubs out of the playoffs though, I'm not going to lose any sleep. Although I will say this, to compare Ankiel (a guy trying to get back to the big leagues) to Bonds, (a hall of famer before HGH and juice that didn't need to take it), is silly. What Ankiel did is just as wrong as what Bonds did and vise versa, but at least Ankiel had reason to do it, as he might not have made it to the majors again without the stuff, whereas Bonds CLEAN was a hall of famer.
September 7, 200719 yr Darn, this guy is raking. This is a future Disney movie for sure. So I guess Disney is going to replace HGH with a chick and the power of love?
September 7, 200719 yr He's a LaRussa guy so I can't say this is unexpected. +1 He should just admit to it, in private, to the commissioner. If you do that you get off with no punishment!
September 7, 200719 yr Author I could care less... but it will be interesting to see what the public does
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