Rick Ankiel's first HR as a Cardinals Outfielder

[mizzourahtigers]

BHHAHAHA. I tried to register your user name before I settled for this one.. and I have video of this game also. Wierd.

[TheCardsFan3]

like this if you wish you were at that game



[Daemonheart]

Pssst....He admitted doing HGH

[HxCUNstopABLE]

ive got a lot of respect for this guy. to go from average pitcher to down right terrible, throwing wild pitch after wild pitch, walk after walk, being sent to the minors all the way down to rookie level, and then becoming an outfielder. he has proven himself as a worthy batter and outfielder and he has become a remarkable batter after all thats happened in his career.

[sippinator94]

I remember going to this game.

[autigerssuck]

wow, that ball landed pretty close to ya.

[ladueblue7]

i was at this game too i remember his first three at bats were all strikeouts...i was sitting right in front of you i see myself haha

[MurphDawg014]

First game back too. Just couldn't hit the damn ball in '09

[trickers13]

they should make a movie on him...with pujols and larussa and linebrink and the padres and all in it....

[coveryisnotadick]

i like how you showed every pitch . it was a very climactic *sp sequence. thatsdandy <--- do you know the guy who homered's story ? i thought it was cool how they showed the whole thing because you can feel everything building to him hitting his first home run after making an impossible to imagine comeback to the major leagues. btw i m a huge cubs fan but his story is amazing

[GOVTinflames]

nice camera work there buddy

[sippinator94]

I was actually at this game, no lie. I remember his first at-bat, he smoked one, but it was foul.

[KJT922010T]

I've met him he played little league at my park in Port Saint Lucie FL

[shadis06]

I mnust have been right in front of you cause that ball was two seata to the right of me!

[stlbabygirl14]

i remember watching this game thinking holy crap! hes back!

[ggreenn11]

i was there with my dad that day

before the game my dad was like guess whos playing today i was like idk

i totally blew my mind when he said rick ankiel and now look hes doing great all star potential

i hope hes alright after that collision with the wall

[THEnextOSHIE74]

i was there.his first game back.he got called up when scott spezio was placed on the restricted list.

[xx420guitarbro420xx]

hobbes.

[FooCards88]

Looks like it almost broke the camera

[iThrowSmoke]

I was at that game =D

[BillyJack7]

HGH can do that for you! I say more power to him. It should be banned cuz kids will feel they need it to compete but if you aint cheatin you aint trying.

[hjk26541]

look at that roid fly!

[onephinepeace]

Roy Hobbes

[sanzmo127]

to the wiener eater that said this is fake..oh yeah let me tell you. Hmm...let's see..Ankiel smashes the ball, then you hear the siren and the fireworks. oh yeah so fake..you knob gobbling poof! Hey Mizzoutigers88, good video. I may be a girl but i can't get enough of my Cardinals!

[EZFreebie]

"Need anything more be said?"

Yes. ROID RAGE.

[Itachi0830]

i need someone smart to keep me entertained

great vid t0

[sylar614]

I was actually at that game

it was so awesome

great memory

[rootber200]

best on the team right now.gets rbis hits homers and does his defensive job

[bigeqb16]

GO RICK!!!!!

[rbaumgar1]

how is it fake?

[discolando]

Rock Chalk Jayhawk!

[tdydogg]

nice loss to mizzou jayhawks

[thatsdandy]

i meant that for fixxxer

[thatsdandy]

horrible video. for a video with such fucking just terrible quality why would you show us every pitch? u should've just shown the one play, if that. don't ever post a video again

[mizzoutigers88]

fuck you, why don't you make a better video of ankiel hitting his first homerun back and show me up.

[salvo620]

Yea because I'm sure he knows what pitch he's gunna hit a homerun on.

[thatsdandy]

everyone knows what pitch cockface, would you like to watch it again? hey mizzoutiger i may have overreacted earlier

[steelsabre]

lewlewl dumbass

[Ballplayer300th]

@thatsdandy the video quality of the camera is really not bad.. it just it can't focus and there is to much glow.. if the camera stay focus .. then it would be better..

[DSVetDad]

@thatsdandy I know this is old, but what a tool you are for posting this hateful comment.

[ugot2luvbball33]

If u wanna bash on America and how dumb are customs are go back to Venzwatever.....this is America. We celebrate by cheering and being happy for each other....

p.s. Rick Ankiel is freakin Ah-Mazing!! <3

[scottrolen123]

thank u. im watchin the game now and he just smacked his tenth on tha season

[Fixxxer867]

Wow, the Americans have the most boring celebrations after a home run or during the baseball game!!! Come on! You shouldn't just clap and say "wooohooo", here in Venezuela and most of latin american countries we celebrate jumping, yelling, clapping, throwing beer!!!!! Making fun of the fan of the opposite team! Always with joy and a big smile!!! :D

[rickankiel1]

Oh, come on, we gave him a standing ovation. We gave him a curtain call, we wouldn't sit till he came back out and took a bow. Besides, beer is too expensive here. It's like 8 bucks a bottle at St. Louis ball games. Also, we were stunned. It was his first game as a hitter, and he cranked.

[jag528cbr]

That's called obnoxious. You could get along well with Cubs fans.

[nolanplatt96]

LOL!

[thatsdandy]

because thats the only thing you have to celebrate, life sucks where u live. now shut up

[conjonbon]

ankiel is a flat out stud, Yankees fans dissing ankiel i have a couple things to say to you:

1) yankees are in second last place in the east, not far from last might i add

2.)4 yankees that played for them since 2007 were named on the mitchell report (clemens pettite giambi and villone)and at least 13 played for them while taking steroids (at least 17 total)

3)Fuck You

[rickankiel1]

Good comment. Yankees have the highest salary of any team, of any sport, of all time... And their still shit. No one on the team is as good a hitting/throwing outfielder as ankiel. I would also say he's probably the best in the MLB.

[conjonbon]

thank you, yankees fans need to be put in their place, that place being the celler of the the AL east

[hiphopanchop]

ankiel is a solid player...nothing special about him...pretty good hitter. yankee fans need to be quiet cause 90 percent of you dont know what youre talking about. you say youre a fan then you only know arod and jeter out of the whole team.

[curlyfry197]

nothing special about him? asside from the obvious, ankiel is a terrific outfielder from a fielding perspective and has one of - if not the best arm in the majors.

[mralex2k1]

Fucking shit man first off learn how to fucking spell, what are you in kindergarten? Second Rick Ankiel by far is a better person, and a damn good baseball player, I'd like to see your dumb ass get up there and try to hit a 90-95 mph fastball as well as that man can so until you do,shut the fuck up and if ya want I can order hooked on phonics for ya or go get a fucking dictionary, GO CARDINALS 2006 CHAMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

[deetz84]

rick is the best replacement for edmonds,i could give a shit less about the hatred for ankiel, not one hater in this comment section has ever hit a homerun as a big league pitcher, then came back and hit a home run as a fielding position player, come on guys give the man credit , il always cheer for the cards and defend them at all times against uneducated sports biased people

[mrdansoko]

I'm Babe Ruth asshole.

Ricky is legit.

[sixdaysnow]

ankiel took the HGH because it was prescribed to him by his doctor for an injury. Stupid Shit Yankee fans

[lolroflyourmom]

Wow, why all the hate for Ankiel? I'm a Yankee fan (sue me), and I really like Ankiel.

[rickankiel1]

Good, see? I'm a Royals and Cardinals fan (Royals cuz their close) but im a fan of A-Rod (as long as he beats Barry). Don't see why you can't like certain ballplayers. I hate the cubs, but Jim Edmonds is one of my favorite players. Mostly cuz he played for us.

[tbee4]

this video is so blurry you can't even tell what happened

[rickankiel1]

Fucking Cub and Yank fans. Why are you watching this, if you hate ankiel? Your teams not doing anything worthy of watching? Bunch of hypocrites. Hey NYerintransit, hows Clement doing? 15 year old rapist/roid POS. He was a hero to some, what a belligerent ass. The Cardinals prove you don't have to have all the biggest names in baseball to kick ass. And the Yankies prove that buying all the "best" doesn't work either, cuz they just play for money.

[Divac213]

wait wait wait... matt clement?... i think you mean roger clemens. I dont think matt clement ever tried to rape somebody. Maybe he raped you im not sure.

[rickankiel1]

lol, my bad, meant to say clemens, dunno why i put a t on that instead of an s... too bad really, i had a lot of respect for the guy. I used to look up to him as a kid. Can't believe you caught that t.

[NYerintransit]

Roid Ankiel keeping the Cardinals relevant.

[leepjared]

ur an asshole you piece of shit

[NYerintransit]

Don't tell me you support the idea of a pitcher taking steroids so he can become an outfielder. That perverts the game.

I'm sick of the Cardinals, and this gives me one more reason to root against them.

[dnldennett]

Blow it out your ass. GO CARDS!!! Fuck the Yankees, fuck the Mets, fuck the Red Sox, fuck the Cubs, and FUCK YOU!

[Kobrakai21]

as if the Yankees haven't perverted the game by buying every player in the sport that was willing to sell their soul for a couple extra million...and wait, how many players on the Yankees have tested positive for steroids? at the very least 3, so nice try

[bsquad08]

your the dumbest person i've ever met. People need to let the HGH thing go for ankiel. if the league sees no problem with it its fine. he never tested positive for abusive use. He used it in recovery a while ago. grow up, and if your a yanks fan you are a hippocrit cause two of your best pitchers are on the mitchell report. Clemens can rot in hell.

[drakebell098]

my friens was at that game

he sat in big mac land and 2 weeks ago he invited me to a game against the astros and the beat them 4-3 on a walk off hit by skippy

GO CARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[YANKSxOWN]

im a yankees fan but i love pujols, and i dont mind the cards, especially if they beat the mets u know? lol.

[ashimkus56]

go cardinals!!!!!!!!!!

[flammben]

1908

Go Cards!

[ilovetinomartinez]

I *love* Ankiel!

[baseballRy08]

that was i awesome...i was sitting about 5 rows in front of this view

[Verzion3]

HGH. Cubs are gonna fuck up the Cards this season. Get ready to get fucked up the ass. Peace.

[elms91]

why do i remember hearing something about sammy sosa using a corked bat, oh now i remember, he did that and got called to congress over steroids, then he forgot how to speak english. fucking idiot

[Verzion3]

first off, sosas a pimp. he can do what ever the fuck he wants. second, cards suck, 4th place for sure.

[elms91]

thats a classic cubs fan answer, no intelligence provided. theres a reason why you guys have always been the laughing stock of the MLB. but hey who cares? i guess every team has a bad century every once in a while.

[tklobie]

lol nice man

[tklobie]

lol nice man

[Verzion3]

the only cool cardinal is pujols. (i ate dinner with him). hes your whole team. the rest are drugged up cheaters who suck cock

[tklobie]

yady,glaus,ankiel,mulder,carpe­nter,pujols,wainrite,duncan,sh­umaker,izzy,izturis,and others and u say thats all they got

[tklobie]

what i ment was thats all they got when u said all they got is pujols

[tklobie]

He used HGH in 05 when it was legal and he was using it to heal himself up dumbass dont hate on Ankiel he is better than anyone of the cubs players

[Verzion3]

and no ankiels a fuckin pussy who ruins the game of baseball by fuckin takin HGH. No fuckin excuses for that and dont bring up sosa i already told you hes a pimp from the dominican

[swmocardsfan]

you are full of shit, ur probably a stupid cubs fan and all ur gunna do is make up dumb excuses becuase the cubs suck. o and ugh wen was the cubs last world series win???? hahaha wtv GO CARDS

[elms91]

god verizon you are so stupid, ur digging ur own grave here. how many world series have the cubs won since 1908, that right...0, now ur making everyone think that also represents your IQ. EVERYONE HATES YOU

[Trageikeman116]

He took HGH on a perscription from his doctor in order to recover from an injury. Cubs suck, 100 years and counting...

[leepjared]

asshole, piece of shit, fucking moron......thats all you are, cubs suck, rot in hell, and go cardinals

[rickankiel1]

Haha, freaking awesome, good comment. Cubs suck ass, also, how could you NOT like Ankiel, even if you are our rivals. Its a great story. As a baseball fan, have you seen the movie "the Natural" its just like it. This guy is a hero. Yankees suck, Mets suck, Cubs are just down right gay. And Ankiel took roids doctor prescribed. If you didnt know hes had reconstructive knee and arm surgery. Asshole.

[pokefan98]

whos in first now?

[momoceio]

learn how to use a fucking camera

[tklobie]

KINDA HARD TO DO THAT WHEN ANKIEL HITS A WALK OFF hr DUMBASS

[jdchad3]

For all those retards that rag on Rick, let me tell u something. HGH was LEGAL when he took it. How is that bad, and it was prescribed to him. Lets say you travel a back road with the speed limit of 60, then a lot of houses go up and they lower the speed limit to 45. Should they issue tickets to all that sped the last 4 yrs? I didnt think so. Oh, and he was always a good hitter, but he didnt practice hitting when he was a pitcher the whole time he was pro. Why hate him, just because u envy him.

[illinifan07]

a beautiful thing. and to the people that say he doesn't deserve to be where he at because of hgh, that was 4 years ago. im not a doctor, but i know hgh cant last that long.

[schwabbamoose]

He had a prescription.

[someguy936]

baked alaska

[navyseal284]

he only took the damn stuff for medical reasons.he didnt do it to be like barry bonds,a real cheater

[joeblow59]

ankiel was a wild pitcher that all of a sudden became a very good hitter GET THE FUK OUT OF HERE... the guy FUKIN CHEATED whether he took hgh for his elbow (which is BULLSHIT) he still fukin had an advantage. Who the fuk take HGH for a elbow injury LOL thats the FIRST time iv ever herd someone take hgh because he fuk up his elbow.

[pujols37105]

LEAVE ANKIEL ALONE!!!

-Chris Crocker

[kielejocain]

I won't defend the HGH use, but Ankiel was always a good hitter. There was nothing sudden about it.

[only1neetzio]

om my God man he got his arm messed up... it wuz 3 years ago wen he took it... he only did it to heal it not to cheat

[Allstater21]

ummm, no, bad pitching and having their entire starting lineup hurt this year is whats killing the cards, how in the hell would Ankiel be hurting them? And Ankiel didnt take HGH to hit more HR either, remember his surgery and he was STILL A PITCHER moron and not even playing baseball besides, hgh(not steroids)was perfectly legal and not really a problem yet, soo, unless youve got sumthin good to say dont call the still feelgood story of the year a bum

[joeblow59]

Babe ruth did this 100 YEARS ago how are you going to compare this bum to Babe Ruth. Babe didnt take HGH to get him to hit home runs. Thats my whole arguement and the Cardinals have lost 10 STRAIGHT because of this bum. He complety kill the feel good story for the cards.

[doppledangleryrrek]

oh suck a fucking cock joe blow. the cardinals lost this year because they have no pitching you uneducated piece of filth. if anything ankiel brought a spark to the cardinals go make yourself usefull and go cheer on the cubs your fucking bend wagon traitor

[cardsfan308]

He didn't cheat. The medication he took was prescribed ot him by his DOCTOR after Tommy John surgery.

[joeblow59]

CHEATER!!!!!! I new this bum took HGH, there was no way he was going to come back ripping the cover off the ball especially since he was pitching for so many years

[Masterwinks]

He is a natural athlete, the strength of a pitcher should never be underestimated. Many pitchers have hit home runs in the majors. Does the name "Babe Ruth" ring a bell to anyone here? He was a pitcher too.

Ankiel has always been a powerful hitter, and he has spent time working on hitting and fielding since his Tommy John surgery. Also, if you have ever seen some of his wild pitches, you would know that he has one hell of an arm.

[rm6860]

The man battled problems and for him to revive his whole entire game to being a hitter is just amazing!!!! He is just a natural baseball player, he has an arm no doubt about it, just couldnt get over the mental part of the game, but i can say every baseball fan is hoping nothing but the best for him.

[Verzion3]

yet another cardinal cheater

[stlCardinals32]

verizon3 go suck a cock

[animefx]

Ankiel is awesome, it feels great to have him back on the team. Much more entertaining 2nd half with him around. Hopefully he signs a long term contract with the Cardinals.

[wes8378]

What an awesome story Rick Ankiel is writing. I am a die hard Cubs fan and it is still awesome to see his return to the majors. I hope he hits many more (not against my Cubbies) but the Cardinals lose! LOL.

I see another "Chicks dig the long ball" commercial in the making... with Rick being the pitcher giving up the long ball and now the hitter, hitting it!

[wegotmorrison]

Its awesome to see him doing well, but not as entertaining as when he was pitching

[stlcardsfan4evr]

and how about that grand slam he hit tonight? This guy is amazing

[ramsfan3223]

one of the best cardinal moments.

[creescalade]

Oh, Baby!