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Alright, forget that nonsense I wrote previously about the National League West race being one of the most intriguing in baseball down the stretch. The entire division has turned even more laughable in the past week, with both the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers bumbling on the baseball diamond. The Diamondbacks are [...]
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Loading ...Outfielder takes swings on field, to have MRI next week By Steve Gilbert / MLB.com SAN DIEGO — Eric Byrnes took batting practice on the field Tuesday for the first time since suffering a torn hamstring almost two months ago…. Byrnes said he will have an MRI taken next week to determine if his left hamstring has healed sufficiently [...]
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The Skinny: The theme is becoming all to familiar. The Diamondbacks' offense struggles, and the bullpen blows a lead. Well, guess what happened in San Diego on Wednesday? Yep, Randy Johnson pitched 7 strong innings, only to see Chad Qualls allow two runs in the 8th inning, and the Diamondbacks [...]
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You have to start to wonder if Randy Johnson will ever get to 300 wins. He's not really receiving much support from his teammates lately either. More evidence of that was Wednesday in San Diego, when Johnson left after 7 innings with a 4-3 lead. Chad Qualls came in and gave up 2 runs in the bottom [...]
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In the last week, we've basically seen the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers basically demonstrate that they don't really want to win the National League West. The Diamondbacks have lost 4 out of their last 5 to the Marlins and Padres, and the Dodgers, well they have completely forgotten how to win. They've [...]
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The Skinny: The San Diego Padres, a team not known for their offensive firepower, flexed their muscles Tuesday night against the frontrunner for the National League Cy Young Award. Highlighted by Brian Giles 3-run homer, the Padres scored 5 runs in the 3rd inning against Diamondbacks starter Brandon Webb in a 9-2 win at Petco Park. [...]
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The Skinny: Diamondback killer Jody Gerut jacked a two-run homer off of Diamondbacks' reliever Jon Rauch in the bottom of the 9th inning, giving the San Diego Padres a 4-2 win in the opening game of a 3-game series at Petco Park. Rauch got into trouble with two outs in the inning, when Luis Rodriguez singled, [...]
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On this week’s edition of In The Zona, we talk about the debacle that is Matt Leinart, how the Wildcats and Sun Devils will fare and of course, Brandon Lyon [...]
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Just when you think things couldn't get worse for the San Diego Padres, they enter a 3-game series tonight with the Diamondbacks having lost 7 in a row, including a 3-game sweep at the hands of the highly mediocre San Francisco Giants. The Diamondbacks also got a sweep against the Padres last week, taking 3 [...]
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(Rate this post) Loading ...I’m going to be off this blog for two weeks to do some work. Those of you who enjoy politics almost as much as you do baseball–nothing could be as fun as baseball, right?–can catch me and some of my colleagues blogging at Pacifica Radio’s unConventional Coverage website during both the Democratic and Republican conventions. [...]
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The Skinny: Marlins' starter Ricky Nolasco allowed only 3 hits and struck out 10 in 7 1/3 innings, and added an rbi double in the 2nd inning in Florida's 5-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks Sunday at Chase Field. Josh Willingham also went 3 for 4 with a home run and 2 rbis as the Marlins [...]
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The Skinny: Yusmeiro Petit continued his solid starting pitching, yielding only 2 hits and 1 run over six innings, as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Florida Marlins 7-1 Saturday at Chase Field. Chris Young and Miguel Montero each homered, and the bullpen mixture of Chad Qualls, Tony Pena and Leo Rosales combined on 3 scoreless innings [...]
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(Rate this post) Loading ...Well, at least the Diamondbacks got Randy Johnson some runs this time. Two in the second inning, in fact. But by the fifth inning, the Fishies had tied it and when Johnson called it quits after 7 innings, 116 pitches, and 13 strikeouts–Florida’s a great team with which to pad one’s strikeout totals–he had given [...]
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The Skinny: Randy Johnson looked like the Big Unit of old, striking out a season-high 13 batters. When he left the game after 7 innings, the Diamondbacks led 4-3. But the Arizona defense and bullpen faltered, and the Marlins opened a 3-game series with a 5-4 win at Chase Field. Jon [...]
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(Rate this post) Loading ...On this day in 2000, Eric Byrnes made his major league debut with the Oakland Athletics. He hit a single his first time up. In a radio interview in Phoenix this morning, Byrnesie said that he was among 50 prospects who were brought together just after his first year in pro baseball. The coach addressing [...]
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(Rate this post) Loading ...Brandon Webb won his 19th game of the year yesterday, as the Diamondbacks beat the Padres 4-1. He allowed only 3 hits in 7 shut out innings. He struck out 8 while walking three. The question now is not will Webb win 20, the gold standard of starters, but how many more than 20 he [...]
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After taking two trips to South Florida to play the Marlins already this season, the Arizona Diamondbacks get to play host to the Fish this weekend. Florida was not a very accomodating host to the Diamondbacks, sweeping a 3-game set in May, and taking two out of three in June. Now, the new look Diamondbacks [...]
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The Skinny: Brandon Webb allowed just 3 hits and struck out 8 in 7 shutout innings en route to his major league-leading 19th victory in a 4-1 decision that completed a 3-game sweep over the San Diego Padres Thursday at Chase Field. Tony Clark opened the scoring with a sac fly in the 2nd inning that [...]
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One hundred twenty seven down, thirty-five to go. The Arizona Diamondbacks are currently perched atop the National League West, where they've sat for the last 4 1/2 months. Yet, the confidence level of D-Back fans has waned since the Dodgers picked up Manny Ramirez before the trade deadline. Granted, the Dodgers haven't picked up [...]
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Around baseball, there's been a lot of talk about the Diamondbacks' dynamic duo of Brandon Webb and Dan Haren. Both have had fantastic seasons, both were National League All-Stars and both are in the discussion for the National League Cy Young Award. There are other very good pitching combinations in the big leagues though. [...]
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Today we had the great pleasure of interviewing our Dodgers Insider, Michael Schwartz, Associate Reporter for Dodgers.com and MLB.com. He has been writing for the Dodgers for all of the 2008 season and was a reporter for the Diamondbacks last season, [...]
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The Skinny: If I was a gambling man, I would have bet my house that a pitching matchup between Arizona's Dan Haren and Jake Peavy of the Padres would have resulted in a 1-0 or 2-1 game. Thank goodness I'm not much of a gambler. Instead it turned into a wild affair that stood [...]
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I started thinking today about the Phoenix pro sports scene, an