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The Italian thing was supposed to be funny but that big gap in my post is from the missing line where I make that clear.  My apologies. :)
The post definitely doesn't come off the way I meant it.
I still wouldn't worry about Ackley at 2nd, though.  He's not the perfect 2nd baseman, but neither was Honus Wagner, and he was probably the greatest ever.
You don't have to be perfect to be great, and luckily defense IS something that can be improved with effort.  Ackley's already shown that with his performance at all the balls he can get to.  We'll see if he can get to more of em as times goes by.
Would I rather he was Robbie Alomar?  Okay, sure.  But other than that lofty standard, there aren't a lot of guys I'd want to trade in the next decade of Ackley's career for.  I think he's gonna be fabulous - as a second baseman.
~G