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I am curious whether he's fixed his one weakness: his terrible at-bats against lefties.
So far he's only had 9 mediocre ABs in 11 games against em, so that's not helping me assess it - or him, probably.
Lefties will likely be the weakness he fixes in the pros.  Once kryptonite no longer works, we'll see how he does.
Also, he's busy stealing third and such down in the desert because our coaches don't want him to get bored:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101105&content_id=16017948&vke...
"They told me, 'Don't be afraid of being picked off or getting thrown out,'" Ackley said. "They want me to learn my limitations and know myself and what kind of pitches I can steal off of. They put emphasis on me doing that, kind of taking it to where I get into situations and I look for pitches to go on."
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"I feel as comfortable [hitting] as I've ever felt," Ackley said. "I'm really comfortable hitting any pitch in any count, and that's what I need to be."
Go get em, kid.
~G