One Jackson Impressed With Another

From Pat Borzi:Reggie Jackson beat the Yankees prospect Austin Jackson into the clubhouse Tuesday night, and it was hard to tell who was happier. Jackson, the youngster, pulled a full-count pitch high over the left-field foul pole for a grand slam in the eighth inning. But Jackson, the icon, paraded around the clubhouse with an equally wide smile.“I felt like I hit one,” he said after the Yankees’ 7-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox.Every season, Reggie Jackson, a Yankees special adviser, gravitates to a hitter whose style he likes. Sometimes it is a veteran like David Justice. In this case, it is Jackson, 22, an eighth-round pick from 2005 who turned down a basketball scholarship to Georgia Tech to sign with the Yankees. Baseball America rated him as the organization’s top prospect coming into the season....Jackson said Reggie Jackson worked with him on driving the ball in hitter’s counts instead of settling for contact. On Tuesday night, Austin Jackson said he heard Reggie urging ...