For those of you who haven't heard, Rick Ankiel start in right field tonight for the Card's. I'll be there! Let's hope for his sake that this turns out to be one of the best feel good stories of the year in baseball. Baseball needs it almost as bad as Ankiel does.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/...enDocument

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ST.LOUIS -- Let the Rick Ankiel era begin -- again.
The St. Louis Cardinals purchased the contract of Ankiel from Triple-A Memphis on Thursday, and the outfielder is expected to be in the starting lineup for tonight's game against the Padres.
Ankiel was batting .267 with a league-leading 32 homers and 89 RBIs in 102 games at Memphis.
Ankiel first appeared in the big leagues in 1999 as a pitcher with the Cards. After a promising start, his career took a dramatic turn for the worse in the 2000 playoffs.
Chosen as the Game 1 starter of the NLDS against the Braves, Ankiel walked six batters and threw five wild pitches. In another postseason appearance against the Mets, the young lefty threw four more wild pitches in 1 1/3 innings.
Ankiel then started six games for the Cards in 2001 before missing the 2002 season and a chunk of the 2003 and 2004 seasons with left elbow problems that required Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery.
The 28-year-old was last in the big leagues in 2004 when he made five relief appearances. After that season, Ankiel was planning on leaving the game of baseball, but was persuaded to come back as a hitter by Cardinals general manager Walt Jocketty.
Ankiel started his comeback as a hitter in 2005 when he split time between Class A Quad Cities and Double-A Springfield. He missed the 2006 season after undergoing left knee surgery.
Daniel Berk is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs
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dont you mean hes gone