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(Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) Although Orlando Hudson "yearns" to play with the Mets, there are plenty of suitors for the 31 year old second baseman that don't call New York home. ESPN's Buster Olney sites 8 teams other than the Mets who will take a long hard look at Hudson [...]
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Eric Byrnes was fighting something other than the injury bug on Wednesday morning. He was fighting a scorpion. During an interview with ESPN Radio's Colin Cowherd Byrnes revealed that he was stung by a scorpion this morning after he attempted to kill it with a plunger. I don't know about you but [...]
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Diamondback free agent-to-be Orlando Hudson has his eyes set on his new team. According to MLB.com's Marty Noble, From what I'm told, Hudson, a free agent, yearns to play for the Mets. I can't be sure of that. I don't know him. But what I know of [...]
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Photo: Jae C. Hong/AP So the Arizona Diamondbacks are just like us, and are watching the Major League Playoffs from the comfort of our own homes. But that doesn't mean that the state of Arizona isn't represented in the postseason. First, there are 6 (technically) former Diamondbacks still playing: Craig Counsell - Milwaukee Brewers - played with the Diamondbacks [...]
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(1 votes, avg: 5 out of 5) Loading ...I am rooting for whomever comes out of the Chicago-Tampa Bay playoff. Right now I’d like to see TB win. I like their worst-to-first story and their ability to come from behind in the late innings. But the White Sox winning gets Junior Griffey deeper into the post season, and that, as Mychael Urban would [...]
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Fresh off of their second straight late season collapse and mourning the passing of Shea Stadium, Mets' fans are getting desperate. They are in search of the "big name" leader to right the ship and to help open Citi Field (how appropriate that the new stadium sponsor is from an industry known for it's collapses). The [...]
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Photo: Gene J. Puskar/AP When you look at the final numbers, and see an 82-80 record, and a second place finish 2 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers, you'd immediately consider 2008 a success for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Not so quick. Bob Melvin's team led the division from April 6th to September 5th. That's 136 games, or [...]
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Photo: Doug Pensinger/AP The Skinny: It took a Herculean 9-inning, 2-hit effort, but Randy Johnson finally got his 295th career win with a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies. The Rockies took a 1-0 lead in the first when Clint Barmes scored on a wild pitch. Barmes had reached base leading off the game on a [...]
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Photo:Ross D. Franklin/AP The Skinny: Chad Tracy doubled to right field scoring Chris Burke and Jeff Salazar, breaking a 4-4 tie, and giving the Arizona Diamondbacks a 6-4 over the Colorado Rockies in the first of a 3-game series at Chase Field. The Diamondbacks fell behind 3-0, but fought their way back starting with Justin Upton's [...]
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(Rate this post) Loading ...I console myself by thinking that the playoffs would not have been that much fun without Byrnesie anyway, and that it would have been terrible to see Orlando Hudson sidelined for the second October in a row. But the bottom line is that the Diamondbacks would have won the division going away if they’d played [...]
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Judging from the photo, it's a legitimate question. Porn star/California gubernatiorial candidate/star of "Celebrity Rehab" Mary Carey is seen here in the prom pose with Arizona Diamondbacks' outfielder Alex Romero. It's not the normal "hey you're semi-famous. Can I take a picture standing next to you?" pose. If there's nothing going on, oh well. [...]
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Well, the season's all over, save the accumulation of statistics, and fan appreciation day. The Diamondbacks, who entered the month of September with a 2.5 game lead in the National League West, simply collapsed in the last month, and actually trail by 4 games heading into this weekend's meaningless series with the Colorado Rockies. In [...]
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Photo: The Canadian Press The Skinny: With the Los Angeles Dodgers possessing a magic number of one, you might figure that the Diamondbacks would play with renewed passion on Thursday and at least force L.A. to win the National League West on their own accord on Thursday night. That didn't happen. The St. Louis Cardinals' big 3 [...]
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It only took 132 years, but someone has reached the 200 strikeout in a season plateau. It's none other than the Diamondbacks' Mark Reynolds. Joel Pineiro struck out Reynolds swinging in the second inning, giving him the magic number. Reynolds also struck out looking in the 7th. Reynolds can take solace in that Ryan Howard, [...]
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Photo: AP/Tom Gannam Cesar Izturis' sac fly scored Aaron Miles, breaking a 2-2 tie and lifting the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-2 win over the Arizona Diamondacks at Busch Stadium on Wednesday. The loss shrunk the Los Angeles Dodgers' magic number to two games in the National League West race. The Cardinals jumped on St. [...]
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The Arizona Diamondbacks trail the L.A. Dodgers by 3 games with 5 left to play, so it would take not only a colossal choke job by the Dodgers, but the Diamondbacks would basically have to win all 5--something they've achieved only once this season, and that was back in May! So really, the only intrigue left in the [...]
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The Skinny: Ryan Ludwick jacked a 3-run home run off of Randy Johnson in the bottom of the first inning, capping a 4-run frame, and propelling the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Albert Pujols had started the scoring with an rbi single that scored [...]
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(Rate this post) Loading ...as in wins for Webby. 2008 National League Cy Young Award to Brandon Webb. Yes, Tim Lincecum will win it someday. But not this year. ByrnesBlogger1
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The Skinny: Leading 3-2 in the 7th inning, with 2 runners on, Brandon Webb faced MVP-candidate Albert Pujols. If you're the St. Louis Cardinals, you wouldn't want any other hitter at the plate with a chance to deliver at least the tying run. Webb struck out Pujols, got out of the jam, and helped the [...]
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Seven games left in the season, and the Arizona Diamondbacks have life. After picking up a full game on the Dodgers on Sunday, Arizona trails by 2.5 games in the National League West. The Diamondbacks make their one and only visit to Busch Stadium to take on the St. Louis Cardinals for a 4-game series [...]
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(Rate this post) Loading ...is almost over as I write this. Hoooray! I had never heard of Yankee Stadium being a cathedral before this year and I hope I won’t hear it again after this year. Yes, you will not be able to say “Ruth played here” at the new stadium. But it is not as if the Yankees, [...]
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Welcome to this week's Friday edition of In the Zona. As usual, we talk D'backs and their slim to none chances of making the playoffs, ASU's big game against the Georgia Bulldogs...how have they not traveled to the west coast in 48 years? Can Arizona beat UCLA at the rose bowl?...And [...]
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Photo: AP/Ross D. Franklin The Skinny: Adam Dunn's rbi single scored Conor Jackson, breaking a 2-2 tie, and giving the Arizona Diamondbacks a 3-2 win over the San Francisco Giants, completing a 4-game sweep. The D-Backs scratched out a 2-1 lead in the 6th inning against National League Cy Young favorite Tim Lincecum when Justin Upton [...]
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