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The day finally came! No more magic numbers, no more scoreboard watching. The Arizona Diamondbacks have won the National League West by defeating the San Francisco Giants on Friday night at Chase Field. It wasn’t easy, but as I’ve said all season, it’s not worth it if it is easy. Nice to see the Dbacks have to work to get the first prize in the NL West. [...]

September 11, 2001. I remember the day well. I was getting ready for work when I got a call from my sister, who worked for KLAS TV in Las Vegas at the time. She called to ask if I knew of anyone in the World Trade Center. I thought it to be an odd question at 6:30am on a Tuesday morning, especially since she worked the 10pm newscast. Why was she calling me? [...]

Ian Kennedy went out tonight and did what he’s been doing all year, win. He won his 19th game of the season to 19-4 overall as the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the San Diego Padres 4-1 on Thursday night. The Dbacks magic number to win the National League West is now 12. The San Francisco Giants were idle. The Dbacks lead was extended to 7.5 games over the Giants and they are now only 1.5 [...]

When I heard last night that the Florida Marlins has optioned one of their most popular players, Logan Morrison, to AAA, I wondered why? I had to go look at his numbers. He was hitting .249, with 17 HR and 60 RBI. Apparently hitting only .230 over the past month though did him in. So that got me to wondering? Just how high are the expectations in Florida with the team sitting in last place in the National League East? [...]

We all know Arizona Diamondbacks fans sit on their hands a lot during games, part of that is there not much to cheer about at times. However, recently, it has been highlighted that the bodies aren’t even there, quiet or not. It is disappointing to see the Dbacks with an average attendance lower than last year. They are averaging 24,167 fans so far this season. [...]

A few weeks ago when it was thought the Arizona Diamondbacks should be out looking for another starting pitcher, the name Jason Marquis came up. I immediately thought it was a great idea. Then, the chatter died and the thought of maybe getting another starter died. Then came this afternoon. The Arizona Diamondbacks finally made a[...]

I was stunned and shocked to learn of a fan’s passing this evening after injuring himself in a fall to catch a foul ball at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Texas this evening in the game between the Texas Rangers and Oakland A’s.

I’m surprised I don’t hear of this happening too often. The type of gap this fan fell into is the same type of gap that exists in…

The Arizona Diamondbacks now have 31 wins after a come from behind victory over the Florida Marlins this evening 6-5. It was the 17th time this season the Dbacks have had a come from behind victory. I only have one question. How about those Dbacks?

This was a game the Dbacks seemed down and far out and early. [...]

The Arizona Diamondbacks certainly have had their moments. Moments of heartache, moments of frustration, and now more recently moments of joy. We’ve all experienced each emotion if you’ve been following the Dbacks closely over the past couple of years. It would have been easy to turn your backs on these Dbacks, but I’ve stuck with them and hopefully you have as well. You should be ashamed if….

Last night was a perfect exhibition as to why the Arizona Diamondbacks will struggle this season to win baseball games. When the team is being dominated by the opposing pitcher, the Dbacks have literally no shot at winning. The way the Dbacks pitching staff is built, the offense is going to need to support the inferior pitching to have a shot at winning.
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