Former major leaguer Rick Ankiel said Monday that he drank vodka before his first two starts of the 2001 season for the St. Louis Cardinals, which came after his meltdown in the 2000 playoffs when he ...

The game of baseball is filled with highs and lows. Sometimes it can feel like it is mostly lows. Or it's the lows that you remember longer. A bad pitch leads to a huge inning. A strikeout with the ...

The Washington Nationals today agreed to terms with free-agent outfielder Rick Ankiel on a one-year contract. Nationals Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo ...

Rick Ankiel 's comeback has taken another turn for the worse. The Cardinals' pitcher-turned-outfielder will miss the rest of the season after having surgery on his left knee. Ankiel had the surgery ...

It's a tough business, baseball. No mercy sometimes. Chews you up, spits you out. But a team's got to do what a team's got to do. That's why it's OK the Washington Nationals designated outfielder Rick ...