Report: Cards' Ankiel linked to HGH case - MLB

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Ahhhhhhhhh shit.
Published 9/7/2007 by Ken Tremendous at FIRE JOE MORGAN
I really hope this isn't true. ...

So Ankiel used HGH, you gonna be as tough on him as you were on Bonds?
Published 9/7/2007 by 100% Injury Rate at 100% Injury Rate

BASEBALL: Maybe Not The Natural
Published 9/7/2007 by Baseball Crank at Baseball Crank
... Rick Ankiel under investigation for using HGH. According to the New York Daily News' report on an ongoing investigation ...

Nope, Not Again
Published 9/7/2007 by Kyle Smith at Doberman On The Diamond
... Well, I'm a little older, a little wiser, and far more jaded now. With the news that Rick Ankiel has been tied to HGH, I must wish him farewell. ...

The End Of Dave Littlefield’s Charmed (Professional) Life
Published 9/7/2007 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... is less than overwhelmed at the news of the converted outfielder’s alleged HGH use, and somewhat quizzical over Cards GM Walt Jocketty characterizing the revelations as “tragic”. ...

Cubs Embarrassed...And Embarrassing
Published 9/8/2007 by Cubnut at A Hundred Next Years
... As you may know by now, the pennant race isn't the only reason the Cardinals are going to be in the sports headlines.

The Real Drug Issue Doesn’t Concern MLB
Published 9/8/2007 by billbaer at crashburnalley.com
... As ESPN.com writes regarding Ankiel: ...

WATER IS FUCKING WET
Published 9/10/2007 by ERNEST RILES at SPORTS UNFILTERED
... -Rick Ankiel had HGH shipped to him. ...

Game 153 Thread/Reds @ Cubs (3 of 3)
Published 9/19/2007 by Cubnut at The Cub Reporter (TCR) | A Chicago Cubs Blog -
... Lineups: N. Hopper CF A. Soriano LF J. Keppinger SS R. Theriot SS K. Griffey RF D. Lee 1B B. Phillips 2B C. Floyd RF A. Dunn LF A. Ramirez 3B E. Encarnacion 3B M. DeRosa 2B J. Votto 1B J. Jones CF D. Ross C G. Soto C T. Shearn P T. Lilly P Time for the Cubbies to take a big bite out of that .00027 winning-percentage-point lead the Brewers have built in the National League Central. Lilly takes the mound on three days rest following a well-pitched ND against the Cardinals. The lefty is 1-1 against the Reds this season, but in 18 IP, Lilly has allowed a mere 11 hits, striking out 24 and walking just 4. As for the Reds starter When Rick Ankiel was implicated in baseball s ongoing HGH mess and went from being MLB s Feel-Good Story of 2007 to just another suspect, 30-year-old righthander Tom Shearn shot to the top of the Feel-Good list. In case you haven t heard it, ...

Remembering the Season that Was: The Top 10
Published 9/30/2007 by Kevin Hayward at All on the Field sports blog
... the Natural, when he got called up to the Bigs in August, and the story that began to unfold (9 home runs, a .300-plus average, leading the charge in St. Louis's pennant race) was almost too good to be true. That's because it was. The day of a two-homer, 7 RBI game, Ankiel was linked to HGH shipments from 2004. That news pretty much spelled the end of his Cinderella story and the Cardinals' season. ...

Comprehensive List of MLB Players Linked With Performancing Enhancing Drugs
Published 10/22/2007 by justin at Every Facet of the Game
... Rick Ankiel - Received shipments of HGH in 2004 ...

Six Degrees Of Mark Riggins
Published 11/16/2007 by Cubnut at A Hundred Next Years
... Among Riggins's credits is the vital role he played in helping to rehabilitate the big league career of pitcher-turned-outfielder Rick Ankiel, who, according to the New York Daily News this summer, received a massive supply of human growth hormone from a Florida clinic in 2004. ...

Projecting Ankiel
Published 2/4/2008 by Pip at Fungoes
... But in baseball life, that’s known as an impressive but small sample. And even that small home-run sample was far from normally distributed across those 47 games. Ankiel hit nine of those 11 in his first 23 games; only two in his last 24, beginning Sept. 7 when he was outed as a PED user. Whether that power outage was due to his inability to cope with the scandal, a change in his PED usage, teams getting a "book" on him or simply regression to the mean, Ankiel’s home-run tragectory certainly flattened out. ...

Catching up & the next Rick Ankiel
Published 7/21/2008 at Opposite Field
... season. That’s a good sign. But it’s hard to tell from a guy who hasn’t swung a bat since his days at Chipola Junior College. This is a story that won’t be unfolding any time soon. Loewen will have to spend an extended period of time in the minors before we see him again at the Major League level, if we ever do. Loewen is still young. At 24, he’s got 5 years on Ankiel. As the Neil Young song goes, "24 and there’s so much more". So here’s to Adam Loewen becoming the next Rick Ankiel – without the HGH .