DUSTIN ACKLEY RUMORS
Last night, was it Phil Hughes, or did the Yankees simply run out of luck?
OK, let's go to the videotape - last night, top of the first: The lead-off batter flies to left. No problemo. Next guy, Dustin Ackley walks on seven pitches. Ouch. Next guy singles to center on a 2-2 count, but Brett Gardner's throw beats Ackley running to third - he's out, except the ball glances off his hip and bounces away. If that throw arrives, two outs, one on.Next...
Morales delivers. Mariners win another series
That's more like it! Mariners win another series over Orioles
Nice game Eh M's fans? Everyone including me was expecting us to get shellacked tonight with Harang on the mound, and what did we get? An offensive outburst, and decent pitching.
Harang (1-3) allowed two runs and four hits while striking out five.
Dustin Ackley went hitless in three at-bats to end a 10...
Seattle Mariners stumble in road trip through Texas
As the Mariners departed for Texas, they were coming off a solid home stand where they went 4-6. Texas was not as kind to the Mariners as they were swept by the Rangers and lost two out of three to the Astros, their second series loss to the Astros this season. At 8 up and 15 down, the Mariners are hardly at the stage they hoped to be at this early in the 2013 season. After...
Five reasons the Mariners Dustin Ackley takes the next step in 2013
It is Ackley’s Breakout Time!
The 2009 number 2 overall pick has been fine, but the Mariners need more than that in 2013.
In the land of the rising sun, where the 2012 season began for the Seattle Mariners a year ago, 2B Dustin Ackley kicked off his sophomore season with a bang.
In the 4th inning, Ackley took A’s pitcher Brandon McCarthy to dead center for his first home run...
Dustin, Justin and Jesús - ready to explode?
What happens when you trade a big chip for a can't miss prospect, a can't miss prospect for another can't miss prospect, and draft a guy first round and put all these hot prospects all in one lineup? Well, if you are the Seattle Mariners and their fans, you watched all three collectively flop in 2012. We, of course, are talking about Dustin Ackley, Justin Smoak and...
Dustin Ackley Might Finally be Adjusting
Dustin Ackley has a strikeout problem. It’s not a problem new to him at this level. Last season in the American League, average hitters struck out on 18% of his trips to the plate. Dustin Ackley did so in 21%. However, it was new to him overall. In the minors, Ackley was terrific at avoiding strikeouts. With Tacoma in 2011, Ackley struck out on 12% of his PAs whilst the average...
Offensive struggles cause for concern for Mariners Ackley?
NWSB Insider and Seattle Mariners blogger Britton Ransford tells us the season long sophomore slump that Dustin Ackley has been going through in 2012. With Ackley tearing the cover off the ball in every level prior to the big leagues, this is cause for concern for the Mariners. Ackley has a new found fondness of striking out that never has plagued him before in his career, and his...
Seattle Mariners off to a fast start
The Seattle Mariners got the season off to a sluggish start hampered by their old friend, lack of offense, in splitting the first two games of the season against Oakland in Tokyo. However, between that slow start of the season and this weekend, the Mariners’ bats have come alive. The offense led the way twice to lead the Mariners to a weekend sweep of the A’s. Seattle won...
Hey Jack Z? Who’s on first? Ackley’s on second. I don’t know is on third
Act Like Clowns?
If you are like me, you struggle with making small talk in awkward social situations. So I have compiled a small list that I call my cheat sheet to get me through some of these difficult moments.
Instead of asking someone what they do for work and have to sit and listen to them tell me about them drone on and on about a job that I don’t understand or care about...
Wanting Back Ackley Doesn’t Require Steroids
I’m not a huge fan of Dustin Ackley. Way to sell the reader on this keeper out of the gate! Why don’t you just tell me he slept with my Random Italicized mother too? Sorry, Random Italicized Voice, just being up front. The real world is already harsh enough with the truth and non-slanted letters. Lie to me! I love Dustin Ackley. Oh, forget it now. In Ackley’s first full...
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