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First live game at Safeco in 4 years, tickets purchased in March, sitting on the aisle sec 134 looking straight down the RF line behind home plate from behind the plate.  Talk about luck!
Anyway, Ackley's HR was killed.  The clean sound and the speed it left the bat made me stand up cheering before the RF had a chance to fully turn around.  We had bad depth perception, but sometimes you just know when a ball is destroyed.  He hit a liner foul down the RF line by about 10 feet that was an easy double and hit just about as hard as that HR.  It's really amazing how he just stands there at the plate and then makes a decision.  As an observer, I couldn't tell if he was going to swing until he started swinging.  Ackley knows he can hit and he's easy to scout - dude can hit anywhere, anytime.  He might be the best hitter on the Mariners right now and is no worse than third.
 
Smoak doesn't walk on the field - he struts like John Travolta from Saturday Night Fever.  Halman looked like the fifth best hitter in the lineup after Ackley, Ichiro, Smoak, and Olivo.  He just needs to figure out when not to swing.  Peguero's either going to learn to hit mid-thigh and higher on the inside corner or he's not going to make it.
 
Fun game outside a soft liner on the chalk and Jamie Wright grooving one.