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Not the half-terrified, half-cocky social veneer ... but the simple recognition that they are better than the veterans they are facing...
Michael Pineda had this in spring training *2010* ...
Was listening to Daren Brown on KIRO-710's podcast backlog. He remarked that Ackley is a nice kid, just doesn't talk much ... when Brown sort of pulled his Big Announcment HEY KID! YOU'RE GOING TO THE SHOW!
Brown said Ackley was just like, shrug, all right, fine.
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One thing we didn't put in the series above: Ackley had a 36-game errorless streak broken just before he came up.
Defensively, Ackley may be a very RELIABLE, mistake-free defender. There's a lot to be said for that.