The Story of an MLB Pitcher Who Literally Forgot How to Pitch, Then Returned to the Majors at a New Position

But the problem stuck with him. Ankiel opened his next start, in Game 2 of the Cards’ National League Championship Series against the Mets, by sailing his first pitch over the head of Timo Perez. He threw 20 pitches in the opening frame; five of them found the backstop.