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...on Ackley's HR.
"That's going...long hit to center...against the walllll...and it's...out?  A home run?"  And you could see them take a long look at Ackley as he rounds the bases.
"Well, the Mariners love this kid" was their response, but still shaking their heads and talking about how the ball is NOT supposed to leave this park to CF that way.  Think of it as hitting an opposite field home run in Safeco as a lefty in April.  It's a feat.
So they went back to the tape, expecting to see him get all of it.  "He's out in front there, on his lead leg" says the Oakland duo.  "Managed to keep his hands back anyway."  Another stunned pause.  Camera pans to Ackley in the dugout.
"He's not a large man..."
And then they were out of reasons he could have hit that home run.  It wasn't cheap, or lucky, he wasn't in perfect position, he's not big enough to "muscle" it over a fence...
For much of the game they were talking about how the first time they saw Felix they knew they were in for many years of dealing with him and losing to him.
Ackley just made that announcement to Oak-town that they're gonna be hating him for at least 6 years.
Loved it.
~G