Nasty injury for Ankiel

The Smoo · #2 05-04-2009, 11:06 PM

I just saw the highlights of this and like you said it does not look good. Hope for the best for him. He has been through a lot in his career.

NYgiantsfan5689 · #3 05-04-2009, 11:17 PM

He gave a thumbs up, so we'll see. Hopefully it's not TOO bad

The Smoo · #4 05-04-2009, 11:20 PM

I hope not.

love_that_reefer · #5 05-05-2009, 01:33 AM

Ankiel will be held over night for precautionary reasons but everything seems to be alright. He might be out for a week because I am sure he will have a stiff neck for a while. I once ran full speed into a metal chain link fence and broke the top bar with my neck in high school. I stayed in the game and broke up the shutout. I didn't jam my neck like he did though but it still hurt like a mother ****er. I just have a high tolerance for pain.

Porter99 · #6 05-05-2009, 02:00 AM

He is listed as Day to Day for now.

NYgiantsfan5689 · #7 05-05-2009, 02:02 AM

Well aren't you just a major badass

that's sick. but yea, i hope he's ok. i think he will be. props to Rick for giving it his all

BuckFoston · #8 05-05-2009, 06:28 PM

Good news, Ankiel was released from the hospital today.

Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel was released early Tuesday from the hospital where he spent the night under observation following a harrowing collision with Busch Stadium's wall.

Ankiel, carted off the field and stabilized on a gurney after stumbling head-first into the wall following a lunging catch of Pedro Feliz's eighth-inning drive, had been taken to the hospital for tests.

X-rays and a CT scan of Ankiel's head, neck and back were all negative and showed no fractures.

"Right now things are positive," Cardinals GM John Mozeliak told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch shortly before Ankiel's release.

The club is expected to provide another update on Ankiel's status prior to Tuesday night's home game against the Phillies, including a possible timetable for the outfielder's return.

Ankiel is expected to be back at the stadium for tonight's game.

Ankiel released from hospital | MLB.com: News

Foster · #9 05-05-2009, 06:46 PM

Good news for the Cards, and my fantasy team as he was starting to regain some of the form he had.

love_that_reefer · #10 05-07-2009, 10:56 AM

According to Bernie Miklasz of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Cardinals will place Rick Ankiel on the disabled list and call up outfielder Shane Robinson.
Ankiel suffered a bruised shoulder and a condition similar to whiplash after running full speed into a wall earlier this week. It seems like a wise move by the Cardinals to give him a few weeks of rest. Robinson, 24, is hitting .345/.403/.473 at Triple-A Memphis this season. He'll see some playing time in manager Tony La Russa's ever-changing lineup, but Colby Rasmus is going to be the biggest beneficiary.

I'm sure Rick isn't too happy with this move but Rasmus sure will be.

DirtyKash · #11 05-07-2009, 11:23 AM

The under on 19.5 HR is looking good.

love_that_reefer · #12 05-07-2009, 11:57 AM

It sure does, Nostradamus.

ljshorty89 · #13 05-07-2009, 05:32 PM

It was a nasty injury. Thankfully it's not TOO bad an injury.