Playing second a first for top pick Dustin Ackley

Posted Feb 26, 2010
No one ever had to ask Dustin Ackley twice to taking batting practice. “I’ve always loved hitting,” said the Seattle Mariners first-round draft pick from last June. “Now, I love taking ground balls, too.” At 6-foot-1, 180 pounds, Ackley has always been a batting cage rat, and at 22 he has played almost everywhere on a diamond with the exception of one position – second base, the very position the Mariners are asking him to play. (Seattle News Tribune)

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