The game of baseball is filled with highs and lows. Sometimes it can feel like it is mostly lows. Or it's the lows that you remember longer. A bad pitch leads to a huge inning. A strikeout with the ...

VIERA, Fla. - In the least surprising move of camp, the Nationals have added center fielder Rick Ankiel to their 40-man roster. Ankiel, signed to a minor league deal this offseason, is set to be the ...

Rick Ankiel got off to a great start with the Royals, hitting .308 with three homers and three doubles through 11 games, but then went into a 1-for-21 slump that dropped his OPS nearly 250 points and ...

Saturday night’s marathon Cardinals-Mets game has everyone thinking about crazy extra-inning scenarios, so Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post Dispatch asked manager Tony La Russa if he would have ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Oct. 3, 2000 -- St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Rick Ankiel throws against the Atlanta Braves during the first inning of Game 1 of ...

Former major leaguer Rick Ankiel said Monday that he drank vodka before his first two starts of the 2001 season for the St. Louis Cardinals, which came after his meltdown in the 2000 playoffs when he ...

It's a tough business, baseball. No mercy sometimes. Chews you up, spits you out. But a team's got to do what a team's got to do. That's why it's OK the Washington Nationals designated outfielder Rick ...

ST. LOUIS — Rick Ankiel returned to the major leagues Thursday — as an outfielder. After flopping in his attempt to rejoin the St. Louis Cardinals as a pitcher, Ankiel rejoined the team before ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Comeback kid Rick Ankiel of the St. Louis Cardinals received a ...

Note: Here is the original story that was published in the Post-Dispatch on Aug. 10, 2007, the day after Rick Ankiel made a dramatic return to the majors. Ankiel announced this week that he will ...