{"id":50,"date":"2020-04-25T19:28:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T02:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seattlenewsmaker.com\/?p=50"},"modified":"2020-04-29T11:53:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T18:53:06","slug":"seahawks-draft-dustin-ackley-judy-blume-in-6th-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seattlenewsmaker.com\/?p=50","title":{"rendered":"Seahawks Draft Dustin Ackley, Judy Blume In 6th Round"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=SeattleNewsmkr\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-wordpress\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\" aria-label=\"WordPress\"> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12.158,12.786L9.46,20.625c0.806,0.237,1.657,0.366,2.54,0.366c1.047,0,2.051-0.181,2.986-0.51 c-0.024-0.038-0.046-0.079-0.065-0.124L12.158,12.786z M3.009,12c0,3.559,2.068,6.634,5.067,8.092L3.788,8.341 C3.289,9.459,3.009,10.696,3.009,12z M18.069,11.546c0-1.112-0.399-1.881-0.741-2.48c-0.456-0.741-0.883-1.368-0.883-2.109 c0-0.826,0.627-1.596,1.51-1.596c0.04,0,0.078,0.005,0.116,0.007C16.472,3.904,14.34,3.009,12,3.009 c-3.141,0-5.904,1.612-7.512,4.052c0.211,0.007,0.41,0.011,0.579,0.011c0.94,0,2.396-0.114,2.396-0.114 C7.947,6.93,8.004,7.642,7.52,7.699c0,0-0.487,0.057-1.029,0.085l3.274,9.739l1.968-5.901l-1.401-3.838 C9.848,7.756,9.389,7.699,9.389,7.699C8.904,7.67,8.961,6.93,9.446,6.958c0,0,1.484,0.114,2.368,0.114 c0.94,0,2.397-0.114,2.397-0.114c0.485-0.028,0.542,0.684,0.057,0.741c0,0-0.488,0.057-1.029,0.085l3.249,9.665l0.897-2.996 C17.841,13.284,18.069,12.316,18.069,11.546z M19.889,7.686c0.039,0.286,0.06,0.593,0.06,0.924c0,0.912-0.171,1.938-0.684,3.22 l-2.746,7.94c2.673-1.558,4.47-4.454,4.47-7.771C20.991,10.436,20.591,8.967,19.889,7.686z M12,22C6.486,22,2,17.514,2,12 C2,6.486,6.486,2,12,2c5.514,0,10,4.486,10,10C22,17.514,17.514,22,12,22z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Continuing a longtime trend of surprising draft picks, the Seattle Seahawks took two unexpected choices in the 6th round of the NFL Draft on Saturday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After trading down from the 5th round with the Green Bay Packers, the Seahawks used their first 6th round pick (#171 overall) to acquire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/sports\/mariners\/mariners-release-dustin-ackley-plus-a-rainout-roster-moves-and-relief-pitcher-updates\/\">Dustin Ackley<\/a>, a former first-round pick of the Seattle Mariners in 2009. Ackley was a promising MLB prospect and joined the Mariners in 2011, but failed  to live up to expectations as a #2 overall pick.  Struggling to stay above the Mendoza Line in 2013, he was demoted to Triple-A by the Mariners in 2013 and was traded to the Yankees in 2015. &#8220;He was the best candidate on our board in the 6th round,&#8221; said Seahawks General Manager John Schneider, &#8220;and we&#8217;re thrilled we didn&#8217;t have to trade up to get him.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"799\" height=\"893\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seattlenewsmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/JudyBlume2009cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seattlenewsmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/JudyBlume2009cropped.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.seattlenewsmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/JudyBlume2009cropped-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/www.seattlenewsmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/JudyBlume2009cropped-768x858.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><figcaption>Writer Judy Blume at a book signing in 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps even more surprisingly, with the second 6th round pick (#181 overall) acquired from the Packers, the Seahawks chose <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Judy_Blume\">Judy Blume<\/a>. Blume, aged 82, is a celebrated children&#8217;s book author known for Young Adult literature classics including <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Are-You-There-God-Margaret-ebook\/dp\/B007I5QMK2\/ref=sr_1_2?crid=166KVZOYFA8LE&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=are+you+there+god+it%27s+me+margaret&amp;qid=1587867739&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=are+you+there+g%2Caps%2C211&amp;sr=1-2\">Are You There God? It&#8217;s Me, Margaret<\/a><\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tales-Fourth-Grade-Nothing-Fudge-ebook\/dp\/B0063629YK\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2XY9LISGJHNVR&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=tales+of+a+fourth+grade+nothing+by+judy+blume&amp;qid=1587867797&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=tales+of+a+%2Cstripbooks%2C218&amp;sr=1-1\"><em>Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NFL draft analysts were divided on the Seahawks&#8217; 6th round choices. Seattle Times reporter Bob Condotta rated the team&#8217;s choices an &#8220;A-,&#8221; noting that they showed &#8220;a willingness to think outside the box and draft for hungry players who have something to prove.&#8221; ESPN NFL analyst Mel Kiper rated the Seahawks&#8217; 6th round with a &#8220;F&#8212;&#8221; and cited both the fact that neither person played football as well as Blume&#8217;s disappointing 5.84 second 40 yard dash at the NFL Draft Combine in 1959.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Seahawks&#8217; 7th Round pick (#222 overall) was Aquaman, a fictional DC comics superhero with the power to control fish.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=SeattleNewsmkr\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing a longtime trend of surprising draft picks, the Seattle Seahawks took two unexpected choices in the 6th round of the NFL Draft on Saturday. 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