Wow

[Kevin]

Cool story brewing in AAA.

Former Cards pitcher Rick Ankiel, the guy that couldnt get the ball over the plate has made a comeback as an everyday player.

He has 19 homers and 52 RBI in triple A.

Amazing!

[flmmkrz]

I read that yesterday I cant believe while he's doing that they continue to stick with the jobbers they have in their day to day line up. At the very least he should be a bat off the bench. If Spezio is there Ankiel sure as hell deserves to be.

[Woody12]

I wondered where he was?? I don't pay much attention to the minors but I did watch him last year in A ball here in my hometown and he was streaky and had a gun from the outfield.

I'd get rid of Edmunds myself and let these young guys patrol the outfield. Don;t knock Spezio--hes been a solid bench guy as well.

[joepa66]

Cool.....that's gotta be good for his psyche! GL Ricky and I hope ya makes it back to the bigs....

[flmmkrz]

We had Spezio here in Seattle so I've earned the right to knock him lol. I haven't followed him much in STL so maybe he's earning his keep a bit more

[redsfann]

Woody, you're in Bettendorf, right?


Saw Ankiel hit one in the Mississippi River while re-habbing here in the Quad Cities two years ago. Blew out a knee or something like that last season and missed the whole year. Thought he was done, but I guess not.

A pic looking in from right field from the river, if yer interested.

http://www.swingbaseball.com/gallery/jod/

[Kevin]

Spezio is ok in the field but his bat is horrid. He's a poor man's Jeff Cirillo at best!

I had to sit through his play at Safeco a few times myself Flmm. Brutal. It seems like the M's always have a guy like that around (Bloomquist is this year's version)

Losing Dobbs to Philly was a mistake as well. Dude can hit.

[Silver & Black]

Ankiel is out of options and the Cards don't want to bring him up until they know that he's going to stick..

[Woody12]

Yep, bettendorf. Thats where I saw him. I bet he pulled some tail around here too.

No spezio is Ok, not an all-star by any means--Guess hes just more of a crowd fav in st.louie.

I thnk the Cards will see if they are still playing under .500 ball and need to attract some fans by the end of the year b/c they suck so bad. In my opinion they need to get rid of the vets like Edmonds amd Rolen who have taken it easy this year b/c they won the owrld series last year. Now I kind of know why teams reshuffle after championship years sometimes.

Plus the pitching staff is a bunch of no-names without Carpenter and our on free-agent pick-up, Kip Wells, leads the league in losses!