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Welcome To Seattle, Dustin

Found June 09, 2009 on U.S.S. Mariner:
PLAYERS: Darin Erstad
TEAMS: Houston Astros

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Now please sign. For those of you wondering what to make of Ackley, the best comparison is probably early career Darin Erstad. Like with Erstad, he’s a small-ish left-handed hitter with great contact skills, plus speed, a good approach at the plate, power that’s more suited to the gaps than driving the ball [...]-- This post came from: U.S.S. Mariner, and is copyright by the authors. This RSS feed is intended for the personal use of readers and not, for instance, spam blogs. Welcome To Seattle, Dustin
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