Ankiel Does It Again… Wow!
It wasnt’ too long ago that the whole sports world was talking about Rick Ankiel’s re-entry into the MLB as a position player. There were some who thought he wouldn’t make it, that he’d never be a solid player. Well, so far, he’s “making” it, and he’s making it big!
Today, he went 3 out of 4 with a double and 2 homeruns for a total of 7 RBI’s and 4 runs. Outstanding! The Cards won again today with a whopping 16 runs. They moved to within’ one point of the first-place Cubbies and Brewers.
Ankiel is now batting .358 with 9 homers and 29 RBIs in 23 games! That’s not even mentioning the emotional and mental additives that he’s brought to the team. The cards have been playing about .700 baseball since he’s been back. He started in center field tonight too, being a “promotion” from right field.
Good Job Rick. Keep up the good work.
I love Rick…and it makes me sick about the mass media hype on the growth hormones. Why do they always jump on someone when they’re hot?
Grrr…
No kidding. It’s sucks because now the rest of the word (that doesn’t get the local STL news) will just write his comeback story off like it was nothing.