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It is during times like these--the storybook times, when everyone's carrying it on their front page--that it is crucially important to remind people: we were way into Ankiel, before being into Ankiel was cool.

Ahem. Anyway, please to note the curtain-call nature of that photo above. No doubt thoroughly deserved, and another reminder that they really do treat their players differently in St. Louis. Welcome back, Rick.