http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/14/mariners-on-the-verge-of-calling-up-prospect-dustin-ackley/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:59:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/14/mariners-on-the-verge-of-calling-up-prospect-dustin-ackley/comment-page-1/#comment-150004 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:14:53 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=64017#comment-150004 I agree Idaho, but when management/coaches encourage aggressiveness in a hitter whose greatest skill was selectivity at the plate what can one expect? Certainly Figgins has underperformed, but I’d like to see how this new Figgy 9, Ichiro, 1, Ryan, 2 order helps and if the club would encourage him to go back to the approach that worked for him so well in the past: Walk rate near 16% rather than under 6%.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/14/mariners-on-the-verge-of-calling-up-prospect-dustin-ackley/comment-page-1/#comment-149998 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:08:05 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=64017#comment-149998 if only the club would take time away from Figgins. Sigh. I had such high hopes for him. But he’s not even close to the same hitter as he was with the Angels.

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