{"title":"Rick Ankiel","description":"Rick Ankiel was a major-league pitcher and outfielder with the St. Louis Cardinals and Washington Nationals, among other teams, for eleven seasons. Born in 1979, Ankiel debuted with the Cardinals a month after his 20th birthday, and became the first major-league player since Babe Ruth to win at least ten games as a pitcher and hit at least fifty home runs. He retired as a player in 2013. He is currently a studio analyst for Fox Sports Midwest. With his wife, Lory, and sons Declan and Ryker, Ankiel lives in Jupiter, Fla.","products":[{"product_id":"the-phenomenon-pressure-the-yips-and-the-pitch-that-changed-my-life-paperback","title":"The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch That Changed My Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRick Ankiel had the talent to be one of the best pitchers ever. Then, one day, he lost it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Phenomenon\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of how St. Louis Cardinals prodigy Rick Ankiel lost his once-in-a-generation ability to pitch -- not due to an injury or a bolt of lightning, but a mysterious anxiety condition widely known as the Yips. It came without warning, in the middle of a playoff game, with millions of people watching. And it has never gone away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Yet the true test of Ankiel's character came not on the mound, but in the long days and nights that followed as he searched for a way to get back in the game. For four and a half years, he fought the Yips with every arrow in his quiver: psychotherapy, medication, deep-breathing exercises, self-help books, and, eventually, vodka. And then, after reconsidering his whole life at the age of twenty-five, Ankiel made an amazing turnaround: returning to the Major Leagues as a hitter and playing seven successful seasons. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book is an incredible story about a universal experience -- pressure -- and what happened when a person on the brink had to make a choice about who he was going to be.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51433980952799,"sku":"9781541773653","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Fz7SSbD8xj9781541773653.webp?v=1790021200"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/rick-ankiel.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}