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

Visit https://www.directv.com/jomboy to learn more about transforming your baseball watching experience! 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. Follow me on Twitter:   / jolly_olive   and Instagram:   / jollyolive_   Grab some merch: https://shop.jomboymedia.com/collecti... Sources (in order): 1. D. Barthels: https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2021/11/... 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... Music (in order):    • Yuzzy - Running Wild | Retrowave music [No...      • Sophie — Land of Fire | Free Background Mu...      • think about you - chill lofi hip hop beat ...      • Oyasumi – Smith The Mister (No Copyright M...      • Royalty Free Synthwave - Arcadia // Copyri...      • live for you - lofi hip hop beat (FREE FOR...      • Summertime Love – LAKEY INSPIRED (No Copyr...   #MLB #Cardinals #Mets