Now that folks have seen what happens when that swing squares the ball up, you won't get a lot of flak from here dude.
Here's the video. In the video, check the way the end of the bat faces the pitcher as Ack! winds up for launch.
Ackley didn't get all of it by any stretch ... it was an offspeed pitch, and he was gliding his weight forward when he hit it. When he hits one off the back leg you'll see real power.
As with Pineda, there is no amount of logic that replaces --- > seeing him with your own eyes... nobody is going to doubt Ackley's ability to consistently hit the Safeco RF porch after that one...
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Ackley's hot shot to 3B was another .600 BABIP that found leather ... and he whistled one down the RF line juuuusssst foul.... three near-doubles in his first two games, to go along with the single and homer.
He will probably get two weeks' worth of doubles, triples, and homers before the word gets out, don't let this kid beat you, and then the BB-fest begins...
Junior was the only other Seattle hitter who ever came up with the presence that Dustin Ackley has. Even Ichiro seemed to be less sure of himself, in his first week.