He was Baseball's Top Prospect. Then He Couldn't Throw a Strike.

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In 2000, there was no rookie more anticipated than Rick Ankiel. After a disastrous postseason derailed his pitching career, he began a seven-year odyssey to return to baseball on the other side of the diamond.

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2. M. Tomasik: https://retrosimba.com/2017/06/08/how...
3. P. Jordan: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytim...
4. B. Lewis: https://nypost.com/2000/10/12/ankiels...
5. G. Waleik: https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2017/0...
6. ESPN: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/1...
7. Yahoo Sports: https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/big-le...
8. G. Engelhardt: https://www.courierpress.com/story/sp...

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