Showing posts with label Rick Ankiel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rick Ankiel. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Cardinals' Top Five Center Fielders

Here is Anne Rogers’ ranking of the Top 5 center fielders in Cardinals history. Next week: Right fielders.

St. Louis Official Site

Friday, May 1, 2020

Saturday, April 18, 2020

Better Than You Remember: J.D. Drew

While we’re waiting for baseball to come back, we are making do. So once a week, inspired by the late Deadspin’s “Let’s Remember Some Guys” series, we will take a look at one player in baseball history, why he was great, why he mattered, why we should hang on to him. Send me your suggestions at will.leitch@mlb.com

St. Louis Official Site

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

The Cardinals' Most Disappointing Players Of The Bill DeWitt Jr. Era

Over the last two-plus weeks, I’ve been doing an “All-DeWitt” team as a way of looking back on the Cardinals’ first 24 seasons (1996-2019) under team chairman Bill DeWitt Jr.

101 ESPN

Thursday, April 9, 2020

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.

Birdland

Monday, March 30, 2020

Cardinals Capsules, Vol.9: Rick Ankiel Makes Two Insane Throws, Homers To Pace Cardinals Past Rockies, 2008

Welcome back to Cards Capsules, the series in which we take a look back at memorable Cardinals games from the last 20 years in St. Louis baseball history. Without any baseball to watch in the present due to the spread of coronavirus, what better way to fill the time, eh?

KMOV

Saturday, March 21, 2020

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Kodi Whitley Could Be On The Move, Again

There have been times in the offseason when righthander Kodi Whitley returned home and took a ribbing from his mother about how long he’d go before unpacking his luggage. It could be a month, maybe a bit more.

Baseball America

Friday, March 6, 2020

Cardinals, Marlins To Combine Telecasts

Two upcoming Cardinals-Marlins spring training games will be shared telecasts between Fox Sports Midwest and Fox Sports Florida.

Media Views

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Rick Ankiel On Scoops With Danny Mac 3-4-2020

Sunday, March 1, 2020

Video: Rick Ankiel On Dylan Carlson & Nolan Gorman 3-1-2020

Monday, February 24, 2020

Rick Ankiel Waves Off Any Comeback Thoughts Once & For All; Edmundo Sosa Makes Mark; Kwang-Hyun Kim, Genesis Cabrera To Start; Miles Mikolas Not Throwing

A promising Cardinals lefthander whose career as a pitcher went sideways, then suddenly a power-hitting outfielder and after that a prospective reliever trying to come back at age 40, Rick Ankiel finally is done with baseball. At least on a playing level.

Post-Dispatch

Saturday, February 22, 2020

Kwang-Hyun Kim Controls Nerves To ImpressIn Cardinals' Opener; Brett Cecil Returns To The Mound; Worth Noting

Seven St. Louis pitchers held the Mets scoreless on Saturday in the Grapefruit League opener, and one of those pitchers was the newest Cardinal -- Kwang-Hyun Kim.

St. Louis Official Site

Rick Ankiel To Work With Both Cardinals' Hitters & Pitchers

Rick Ankiel, who starred with the Cardinals as first a pitcher in 2000 and then later as an outfielder when he gave up pitching, is in camp working with the Cardinals’ hitters but he then will switch to the other side later on.

Cardinal Beat

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Sunday, January 19, 2020

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

How Andy Benes Got A Second Chance With Cardinals

Andy Benes and the Cardinals were separated, not estranged, and when the opportunity came to rekindle the relationship they made it happen.

RetroSimba