Rick Ankiel Can Hit the Broad Side of a Barn if it’s 300 Feet Away

Diamond Hoggers found this 5/8/2008 on thebiglead.com [flag]

From last night’s Cards/Rockies game: Rick Ankiel launches two of the best throws you’ve seen all year. The second one is pretty ridiculous. Also, I’d like to point out that if Derek Jeter or David Wright sprinted from 2nd to home on a groundout to win a game as Albert Pujols did two nights ago, the WWL would still be talking about it. That’s not homer-ism, ... [link]

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Published 5/8/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (TheNaturalMevs) at Diamond Hoggers
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