So when Ackley snuck his first hit between Oswalt’s legs, the eruption of Safeco Field cheers were louder than any walk-off celebration I had ever heard. The excitement continued into the next game as Ackley hit a game-tying solo homer against Vance Worley, his first dinger and RBI of his career.
Mariners fans, I wish I could write more chapters about the Dustin Ackley novel but that was it. Ackley never panned out as the exciting phenom the M’s hoped he would be. Yet if he hadn’t been selected right behind Stephen Strasburg, there wouldn’t have been as much disappointment for the fanbase.