Progress - Stokes County hero Dustin Ackley looks to continue improvement in 2nd major league season
Posted Apr 11, 2012
Former local baseball standout Dustin Ackley, second baseman for the Seattle Mariners, bats during a game against the Atlanta Braves at Safeco Field in Seattle last June. On March 22, 30 Seattle Mariners players boarded a charter flight for Tokyo for its first Japan Opening Series appearance. One of those Mariners players was Walnut Cove native Dustin Ackley.
(Stokes News)
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