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ST. LOUIS REACTS TO RICK ANKIEL’S RETIREMENT.. IF YOU STEAL ICE CREAM.. WIPE YOUR FACE..AND…
crash. SIFT OPEN - MUSIC
WELCOME TO THE SIFT...I’M GABRIELLE BIONDO WITH THE BEST OF WHAT ST. LOUIS IS TALKING
ABOUT TODAY. FORMER CARDINAL RICK ANKIEL HAS RETIRED.
YOU MAY REMEMBER THE *** KID PITCHER WHO ENDED UP FALLING APART IN THE PLAYOFFS IN
2000 AGAINST THE BRAVES... THEN HE BECAME AN OUTFIELDER.
ANKIEL CONFIRMED THE NEWS ON TWITTER.. WHICH WENT CRAZY WITH REACTION.
LIKE THIS .. CONGRATULATING ANKIEL ON HIS CAREER AND WISHING HIM MUCH SUCCESS.
AND THIS TWEET .. FROM A FAN WHO SAYS HE WENT TO ANKIEL’S M-L-B DEBUT AS A POSITION PLAYER..
AND HE SHARED THIS AWESOME PIC ON INSTAGRAM. AND.. WELL.. THIS ONE THANKING ANKIEL FOR
TURNING HER INTO A DIE-HARD BASEBALL FAN. ****** SO.. WE ALL KNOW NOT TO STEAL RIGHT?
BUT WHAT IF YOU REALLY WANT ICE CREAM? HOW ABOUT THEN?
NOPE.. ESPECIALLY IF IT’S IN A CHURCH. I NOW KNOW THIS BECAUSE .. THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
REPORTS.. A ST. CHARLES MAN JUST PLEADED GUILTY TO BREAKING INTO A CHURCH FREEZER TO GET SOME
OF THE TASTY TREAT.. AND HE WAS SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON.
AFTER THEY FOUND HIM.. WALKING AROUND INTOXICATED WITH ICE CREAM ON HIS FACE.. HE ADMITTED TO
BEING A QUOTE.. “ICE CREAM JUNKY.” ***IN OTHER DELICIOUS NEWS… NOW YOU CAN
WAKE UP TO THE SOUND AND SMELL OF BACON FRYING EVERY MORNING.
FOX 2 REPORTS.. OSCAR MAYER CREATED AN APP THAT MIMICS THE COOKING SOUND.. AND IT CREATED
A DEVICE THAT *SMELLS LIKE BACON AS A PLUG IN FOR YOUR IPHONE.
BUT.. WHAT’S THE POINT.. IF THERE’S NO BACON?
THEN YOU’RE JUST STARVING. ***MOVE OVER LIME- A - RITA…. BUD LIGHT
LIME DEBUTED ITS NEWEST FLAVORS OF ITS MALT BEVERAGE THIS WEEK.
THERE IS NOW A MANG- O- RITA AND RAZ- BER- RITA.. AND THE RIVERFRONT TIMES CONDUCTED
A TASTE TEST. ACCORDING TO THE RFT.. MOST PEOPLE PREFERED
THE NEON ORANGE MANGO - RITA. ****IN ANOTHER STUDY.. THAT MAY OR MAY NOT
INVOLVE PEOPLE WHO’VE HAD ALCOHOL.. FOX 2 REPORTS TEXTING WHILE WALKING MAY RESULT
IN MORE INJURIES THAN DISTRACTED DRIVING. APPARENTLY PEOPLE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WALKING
INTO WALLS.. FALLING DOWN STAIRS… AND STEPPING INTO TRAFFIC.
I GOT NOTHING. CHECK THE LINKS BELOW FOR MORE ON *ALL OF
THESE STORIES. AND… WE’RE ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER, GOOGLE
PLUS AND YOU TUBE, AND WE’D LOVE TO CONNECT WITH YOU THERE.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH OUR ST. LOUIS META MOMENT.. TWEETED BY THE FATHER OF TWITTER CO-FOUNDER
AND ST. LOUIS NATIVE.. JACK DORSEY.