stltoday.com - 5/2/2008
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SOUTH GRAND — It was way late at night or way too early in the morning — depending on your disposition — and this was supposed to be a mixer, a posh see-me-see-you party in Miami. But that didn’t stop Rick Ankiel from talking baseball.
Specifically, the fine art of holding a runner on base.
The young, teen-idol-faced Ankiel was describing how he prefers to do it. ...
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Brew Crew Ball —
... Derrick Goold has a nice article about Rick Ankiel and Pat Jordan's writing about him. When we played the Cards recently, I was thinking about the stories in baseball today that we'd still be talking about 40 or 50 years from now, and Ankiel is definitely one of them. ...
Bronx Banter: The Last Knight of the Freelance
Baseball Toaster —
... appeared at Deadspin at the end of March. Derek Goold caught up with Pat for a nice blog entry he did on Rick Ankiel, and here is ...
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Around the Horn - 5/7 —
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Gavin Floyd came oh so close again. For the 2nd time this season Floyd flirted with a no-hitter. Before Edgar Renteria singled, Floyd had no-hit the Tigers through 7.1 innings on April 12. Last night Floyd gave the U.S. Cellular crowd another thrill as he entered the 9th inning without allowing a hit. After striking out Brendan Harris for the first out (which meant we had to hear Hawk ...
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The Sporting Blog
We're having a worse day than LeBron*, so here are some links. Click on them:
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When I started naming a Hero every game, I never thought one of them could be a superhero. But that's what Rick Ankiel looked like last night. The home run was nice. Even more so when Goat Ryan Franklin coughed up three runs (two charged to Looper) in the ninth, making the homer the winning margin. But by itself, that wouldn't be enough. Ryan Ludwick's 4-4 game or ...
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