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Eva Mendes Topless Pictures From Vogue
Amy Winehouse Looking Like A Crackhead
Amish Gone Wild T-shirt
Does Gemma Atkinson Need a Boob Reduction?
Kids Suspended For Their Prom Picture
The UPS “Whiteboard” Guy is Gay?
Richard Jefferson Arrested for Party Crashing
Rick Ankiel has an incredible arm
Charles Barkley Admits He’s A Dumbass
David Beckham: High Five!
Sometimes 34FFF Just Isn’t Big Enough
Here is a solid run down of what happened in the world of sports on Thursday 9/13/07.
“Wade Boggs has a drinking problem: The Origin of the Beer Drinkin Myth” (TastyBooze)
“The NFL slapped Bill Belichick with a maximum fine of $500,000 Thursday for videotaping Jets defensive signals. The Pats were fined $250,000 and will lose a 2008 first-round pick if they reach the playoffs, or second- and third-round picks if they don’t.” (Bodog)
“Eagles fans give McNabb three weeks to win the Super Bowl” (The Onion)
“So much for Greg Oden being the “safe” pick. Time to start comparing Thursday’s news to Portland’s biggest draft disaster.” (Bill Simmons - ESPN)
“St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel says he met with Major League Baseball officials earlier this week and answered questions about the human growth hormone he was reportedly prescribed in 2004, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.” (AOL Sports)
On August 10 COED gave you a quick piece about Rick Ankiel, the former St. Louis Cardinal rookie pitching star who at age 21 retired from the game after a pitching breakdown in the 2000 Playoffs, only to return to the majors 7 years later as a power-hitting outfielder.
In his first game back to the majors on August 9 Ankiel hit a 3-run home run to win the game. Even though this was a solid indication of his potential as an outfielder I assumed he would be a fluke. Simple enough right? Feel good stories like this meant are for the movies… just watch The Natural.
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Anyone remember the 2000 MLB playoffs when St. Louis Cardinals 21 year old pitching phenom Rick Ankiel had a meltdown and couldn’t throw strikes?
For years after the 2000 playoff debacle Ankiel was floating around independent baseball leagues trying to get his wildness under control. In the summer of 2005 Ankiel, playing in the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League, had an unsuccessful 20 pitch practice outing in which he threw only 3 strikes. This was the final straw and on that day Ankiel announced that he would throwing in the towel on his pitching career and begin giving the outfield a try. Read More »
