I've been pointing out the inaccuracy of people's perceptions about Dustin Ackley's season four a long time now. I posted almost the exact same data last week on the Seattle Mariners web site (commenting on an article about his "recent" turnaround). I hope you did this research independent from mine. I feel like most Seattle Mariners bloggers have been unfair in their assessments of the team and player development and I often feel like a lonely voice of reason. Without knowing your history in covering the team, I find it an odd coincidence that after I posted a clear statistical case that goes against the common narrative that you've written the same perspective here. Where has this commentary been all season? I've been saying it forever. I'm a coach and a student of the game & player development. I know what I'm talking about and I'm rarely wrong in my predictions about the team and individual players. The problem I have with bloggers who try to cover the Mariners and convey information about the organization is that I don't think any of them have the perspective to be consistently credible. I feel like starting my own blog to refute the impulsive and misinformed garbage that seems to flow from our current crop of "experts". So my question is, have you been aware of these stats all season, did you do the research once the captain obvious goggles started to see that Ackley's success is real, or did you see my research and then basically change the dates by a few days and try to take credit for seeing something that only I've been pointing out over the course of the season?