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COPYRIGHT 2001 South Florida Sun-Sentinal
Byline: Michael Mayo
Rick Ankiel was hidden from the crowds and the major-league hitters on Monday, but he won't be able to hide from reality for much longer. The baseball season starts next week. Soon it will be plain for everyone to see whether the phenom turned phantom can wing it outside the cocoon created by the St. Louis Cardinals.
"I'm finding my target," Ankiel said Monday after three innings of psyche repair against Montreal minor-leaguers in Jupiter.
Ankiel threw 31 strikes in 41 pitches in a hastily arranged morning B-game. He allowed no hits, no walks and no runs. No pitches scraped the dirt, strafed the backstop or got launched for grand slams. Everyone involved pronounced it a resounding success.
"His stuff was good," Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan said. "Quality of pitches was...
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