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BenFred: The greatest threat to this St. Louis sports season? Ankles.

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“A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!” cries King Richard III in Shakespeare’s “Richard III,” before he fights to his death on the battlefield after losing his four-legged ride.

Dramatic, sure, but I’m starting to feel a similar way about healthy ankles as our local teams try to stay afloat despite crucial players suffering from different variations of the same injured joints.

If I asked you entering this part of the sports calendar to name the most critical member of each active team, chances are you would have picked the following three players:

One is St.