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Deadspin: Ankiel gets the call

8 Responses to “Deadspin: Ankiel gets the call”

1. 

   Paul, on August 9th, 2007 at 11:16 am Said:

   The Savior…
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   Hugo, on August 9th, 2007 at 11:27 am Said:

   Bernie has also confirmed it: http://www.stltoday.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=474714
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   brock20, on August 9th, 2007 at 11:51 am Said:

   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.
4. 

   erik, on August 9th, 2007 at 1:19 pm Said:

   of course it isn’t the end all, but it’s a nice story, something to cheer about. what’s wrong with that?
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   azruavatar, on August 9th, 2007 at 1:39 pm Said:

   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.
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   MikeJ, on August 9th, 2007 at 9:01 pm Said:

   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.
7. 

   Matt, on August 9th, 2007 at 9:21 pm Said:

   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.
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   Dave the Falconer, on August 9th, 2007 at 9:52 pm Said:

   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.