Video - Rick Ankiel's Cannon

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VIDEO: Rick Ankiel has a Cannon
Published 5/7/2008 by Mark Townsend at Bugs & Cranks
You’re telling me the same guy who inexplicably lost the ability to accurately throw a baseball 60 feet, 6 inches, now has the ability to make these throws? To have two throws of that distance, with that accuracy, to nail two very speedy individuals, in the same game, is almost uncanny. If you’ve seen a better throw than the second one… share your story, and please provide footage. I’d need to see it to believe it.

Morning Constitutional: Hey, Links!
Published 5/7/2008 at The Sporting Blog
We're having a worse day than LeBron*, so here are some links. Click on them: VIDEO: Rick Ankiel has a Cannon | Bugs and Cranks: Tonight's The Night | Capital Punishment NFL Live Weighs-In On The Matt Leinart Pics | AA Thomas belongs in this year's All-Star Game | Big League Stew Having Fun With Passed Out Brewers Fan | Busted Coverage LeBron's worst days are probably better than our best days, so perhaps this is a bad comparison.

Rick Ankiel Can Hit the Broad Side of a Barn if it’s 300 Feet Away
Published 5/7/2008 by Patrick Imig at The Big Lead
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, that’s (projected) fact. [Bugs and Cranks] **If this video gets taken down by MLB, head here for the “authorized ...

Wow, what a cannon!
Published 5/8/2008 by Greg Cohen (noreply@blogger.com) at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
This is not Yankee related, but my goodness Rick Ankiel has a rocket for an arm, and any baseball fan can appreciate this. Check out these two plays from Tuesday night's game vs. Colorado. ...