CLEVELAND — The comeback idea, hatched almost a year ago when he returned to the mound on a lark, has likely ended for Rick Ankiel before it could truly start this summer.
Ankiel is reaching a "decision time," his agent Scott Boras told The Post-Dispatch at the All-Star Game. That decision whether he wants to try to ramp up his throwing with the intent to compete, or not attempt a third act in baseball, at age 40.
"He's a gifted athlete, capable of doing many things," Boras said. "But he has to make that call.