From Rick Ankiel's 'Snapdragon' To Adam Wainwright's Curve To Jack Flaherty's Slider, Tracking The Cardinals' Best Pitches

As a teenager, even the years before he became a teen phenom, Rick Ankiel would walk around with a ball in his left hand and flip it over and over and over again, trying to improve his curveball grip and get the ball to spin ever faster.

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