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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.
San Francisco Giants [...]

In really what is no surprise, Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Mike Hampton called it a career today and retired from baseball. Hampton has a 11.17 ERA in nine games this spring. He had given up 12 runs in just 9.2 innings. The writing was on the wall.

Hampton had been trying to make his comeback from such an injury riddled[...]

Not exactly an earth shattering result, however the Arizona Diamondbacks started out the 2011 Spring Training schedule with a 7-6 loss to the San Francisco Giants in Scottsdale on Friday afternoon.They start right where they left off, with an “L” in the loss column, only this one thankfully doesn’t count.
Both starters were tagged early.  Giants [...]

The Arizona Diamondbacks are ready to get going once again.* Today is the day pitchers, catchers, and injured players, amongst any other volunteers, show up in Scottsdale at Salt River Fields to report for Spring Training.* First workout is tomorrow under now full-time manager Kirk Gibson.* Are you ready for some baseball? Optimism is in [...]

With all the off-season moves the Arizona Diamondbacks have made since ending the season last October, it is hard to tell which direction they want to go in. You can tell they are trying to improve themselves, however is the improvement just look good on paper or will it translate into more victories in 2011? They have more pitchers on their roster than standing…

The Arizona Diamondbacks should probably have the longest list of New Year’s resolutions heading into 2011, but I don’t have all day to chronicle them all. In fact, it could take a couple of days. Here are five I think the Dbacks should address.

1. Striking out every other at bat is not a requirement, so strike out less, a lot [...]