Dustin Ackley's Swing Mechanics II
=== HAND LAUNCH ====
Editor's Choice Posts
Not that other letters don't measure up, of course. :- ) MC and DOV discussions are always a pleasure - adult, intelligent, informative. Just a few letters that provoked us this afternoon...
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The NBA Bench Rotation
In the NBA, the magic number is three solid bench players, plus a flex man, so 8.5 to make 5 each night.
We asked about 10-to-make 9. Or is that 12-to-make-9? :- )
Beating the House
I/O: Zduriencik says, on Baker's site, that Ackley will probably be an impact player in the major leagues.
Ackley a Mariner
Literally, judging by the contract. :- )
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Around the Horn, 8.17.09
=== Sounders, Timbers, Whitecaps and Bears, Oh My ===
Dustin Ackley: Bargain Star
Terms of Ackley's officially inked deal with the Mariners have been released in spits and bits over the last half hour. It appears he will make 9.5 mil smackers, which, compared to all previous Mariner draft picks, sounds like a gigantic number.
PTI on ump'ing
San-Flip: I saw the Langerhans ring-up ... and want to say as an unbiased (as much as any person can be unbiased) party -- that was one of the single most egregious blown strike calls I've seen in 40 years of watching baseball on TV.
I'm not a doctor, I just play one on the web
Article out today pronounces Erik Bedard, dead, referencing this article that declares Bedard-types to have "a 3% chance of becoming Rocky Biddle."
He Only Made Two Mistakes Dept. - Fister, 8.16.09
=== Dr's Diagnosis ===
Fister gets upgraded several notches. Buy another several hundred shares.
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