Rick Ankiel Gets "Jacked Up" By Outfield Wall

[Rob71]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWoduQHY5uQ

Wow

[Fors*]

I was watching this game when it happened. I was like "oh snap! he's completely out!" Man, I'll give him his props for going all out 100%, but damn, he didn't even catch the ball.....that is what sucks most of all (except I'm a Phillies fan, so I got over it rather quickly, LOL!)

Glad to hear that it is only "whiplash" as they are calling it.

[brettallica]

Originally Posted by Rob71

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWoduQHY5uQ

Wow

Yeah...Wow indeed. What sucks is he made that catch, but lost it as he went limp/numb. I bet if his spinal cord hadn't been condensed by a good three inches in a matter of a few hundred thousandths of a second, he'd have had a better chance of hanging on to that sucker.

So he made the highlight reel, but for the wrong reason.

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by brettallica

Yeah...Wow indeed. What sucks is he made that catch, but lost it as he went limp/numb. I bet if his spinal cord hadn't been condensed by a good three inches in a matter of a few hundred thousandths of a second, he'd have had a better chance of hanging on to that sucker.

So he made the highlight reel, but for the wrong reason.

LOL....that was funny......yeah, I had meant that he made the catch but dropped it when he took the header into the wall. Reminds me of when Aaron Rowand made an over the shoulder catch as his face went into the fencing in center field at Cititzens Bank Park in Philly 3 years ago. He broke his nose and became kinda like a folk hero out here in Philly after that catch. The difference between the two is that Rowand held on to the ball.

I applaud the effort, you don't see that kind of hustle too much these days.

[brettallica]

Originally Posted by forsberg21

LOL....that was funny......yeah, I had meant that he made the catch but dropped it when he took the header into the wall. Reminds me of when Aaron Rowand made an over the shoulder catch as his face went into the fencing in center field at Cititzens Bank Park in Philly 3 years ago. He broke his nose and became kinda like a folk hero out here in Philly after that catch. The difference between the two is that Rowand held on to the ball.

I applaud the effort, you don't see that kind of hustle too much these days.

I remember the Rowand catch. That was a fantastic play. Now we have him here in SF, and he hasn't really produced. He does still hustle, though.

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[Darkhawk9587]

I hope he's ok. Never is a good thing when a player gets carted off the field.

[toef]

Originally Posted by forsberg21

I was watching this game when it happened. I was like "oh snap! he's completely out!" Man, I'll give him his props for going all out 100%, but damn, he didn't even catch the ball.....that is what sucks most of all (except I'm a Phillies fan, so I got over it rather quickly, LOL!)

Glad to hear that it is only "whiplash" as they are calling it.

He did catch the ball, and it was called for an out. He switched the ball into his throwing hand before hitting the wall, and then when he got knocked out, the ball popped loose.

Though it's not a situation to really laugh about, I got a laugh from reading this quote, from Chris Duncan (the outfielder nearest Ankiel when it happened), after the game:

Originally Posted by Chris Duncan

So I tried to talk to him. I said, 'Are you all right?' and he said, 'I think so. I'm just going to lay here.'

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by toefer

He did catch the ball, and it was called for an out. He switched the ball into his throwing hand before hitting the wall, and then when he got knocked out, the ball popped loose.

Though it's not a situation to really laugh about, I got a laugh from reading this quote, from Chris Duncan (the outfielder nearest Ankiel when it happened), after the game:

I don't remember them calling that an out. I thought Pedro Feliz remained on base....mmmm, maybe I "assumed" it......done't know....anyway....

That is a great quote toefer....but an even better effort. Considering everything Ankiel has been through in his career, we need more guys like him to stick around.