Rick Ankiel Is a Cheater: He's Worse Than Bonds

Published: September 7, 2007, 8:36 am

A.M. Quickie below or here. And be sure to read all the way down on this post for Updates. Rick Ankiel is a cheater?! No!! I am surprised at how crushed I feel by this news that in 2004, Rick Ankiel got a year's supply of HGH. I'm so disappointed. (Cripes: I can only imagine how Will Leitch feels. Or lead Bonds-basher and Cards fan Bob Costas. UPDATE: Here's Will's take, which has all the depth and nuance and, yes, mixed emotions you could ever want from an analysis of this story.) This is WORSE than Barry Bonds. Yes: Worse. Why? Because everyone already thought Bonds was juicing. It was already built in to our definition of him. Bonds' pain for fans was a dull chronic one; Ankiel's is a shattering career-ender. With Ankiel, it is truly heart-breaking: His comeback story was one of the best of the year/decade/era, in a year where we needed it. He was a restore-your-faith-in-the-game poster guy.But yet his instant legend is as performance-enhanced as the rest of them.

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