Comments on: Deadspin: Ankiel gets the call

By: Dave the Falconer

Dave the Falconer — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:52:37 +0000

At the risk of sounding like a total wuss, I had tears in my eyes when I caught the replay of that. Stuff like that almost makes all the crappiness of the year seem like it never happened.

Almost.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:21:48 +0000

Front foot swing on a curveball down and away?

I’d say the power is real, yikes. Nobody has any business hitting that pitch that hard.

By: MikeJ

MikeJ — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:01:12 +0000

Rick. Freaking. Ankiel. I don’t think he hit that home run with his bat, I think the ball hit his cup and flew 360 feet into the right field stands.

By: azruavatar

azruavatar — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:39:23 +0000

I think the club’s done an excellent job handling the Ankiel situation. As a tangent to his callup, Colby Rasmus isn’t going to get promoted.

Luhnow deserves kudos for making the right decision when he could have moved Colby up. 1) Memphis already has a glut of OF, Colby needs as many ABs as possible. 2) Colby’s struggled. He’s still been very good for a 20 year old at AA but there’s no reason to push him when he simply hasn’t completely mastered AA yet. 3) I think it means a lot to Colby’s development and the Springfield team that he stay there for the playoffs. You won’t hear me talk about mental makeup often but I think it will be good for him to experience playoffs in professional baseball.

By: erik

erik — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:19:31 +0000

of course it isn’t the end all, but it’s a nice story, something to cheer about. what’s wrong with that?

By: brock20

brock20 — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:51:52 +0000

Great! Now we can stop the yawn fest of everyone clamoring for him to get the call. Seriously, I wish him well, but its not the end all be all.

By: Hugo

Hugo — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:27:54 +0000

Bernie has also confirmed it: http://www.stltoday.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=474714

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:16:51 +0000

The Savior…