Who's got next? The Mariners' Dustin Ackley

Posted Jan 3, 2012
Dustin Ackley was coming to a new city to play on a new team at a new level of professional baseball. And on top of everything else, he was still learning to play a new position. But in a season of meager accomplishments by the Seattle Mariners -- the team finished last in the four-team American League West for the second straight season and the sixth time in eight years -- Ackley gave the ballclub hope for a more promising future. (The Daily Herald)

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