Rick Ankiel, once a star 20-year-old left-handed pitcher who collapsed in the 2000 playoffs by throwing five wild pitches in one inning, reinvented himself as an outfielder and was hitting over .300 with multiple home runs in a pennant race—then news broke he had a 2004 human growth hormone prescription, after which he went 1-for-23 and the Cardinals went 1-9.