Brandon Webb

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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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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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: 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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Photo: AP/Ross D. Franklin The Skinny: The Arizona Diamondbacks had an unusual offensive explosion, scoring 5 runs in the second inning, built a 7-3 lead and then hung on for dear life in a 7-6 win over the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field. The Giants' jumped on Arizona starter Brandon Webb early, putting up 3 [...]

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The Skinny: Dan Haren will turn 28 years old tomorrow. On Tuesday night, he gave himself and fans of the Arizona Diamondbacks an early gift. Haren pitched his first ever complete game shutout, and tied a career-high with 12 strikeouts, as the D-Backs won their 2nd straight over the Giants 2-0 at Chase Field. [...]

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Wow, how things have changed in a week. The Diamondbacks now languish in second place, 4.5 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers, and appear to be a baseball team that is simply playing out the string. No fight, no emotion, no execution. The D-Backs didn't help themselves this weekend by losing 2 out of [...]

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The Skinny: Brandon Webb returned to his old form, slinging 8 scoreless innings, allowing only 5 hits on Friday night. But Webb then had to white-knuckle it in the dugout as the Diamondbacks' bullpen made things interesting before holding on for a 3-2 win over Cincinnati, breaking a 6-game losing skid. Chris Young gave the [...]

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After a disastrous 0-6 road trip to Los Angeles and San Francisco that saw them go from being 1.5 games ahead of the Dodgers, to trailing by 3.5 games, the Arizona Diamondbacks return home to Chase Field to host the Cincinnati Reds in a 3-game weekend series. Let's be clear. The Diamondbacks aren't dead. [...]

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After 136 consecutive days in first place, the Arizona Diamondbacks find themselves looking up at the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers have a 1.5 game lead in the National League West after convincingly sweeping the Diamondbacks over the weekend in Los Angeles. And as you would imagine, it wasn't pretty. Friday and Saturday weren't [...]

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It was surely a bad weekend for the D'backs, but the rest of Arizona's teams prevailed. The Cardinals go 1-0 and are looking at a prime match [...]

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With football in full swing at the college and pro levels, and baseball winding down, there is a lot going on in Phoenix sports. And yes, I soaked in as much of it as I could this weekend. Here's what I saw... The Diamondbacks are not good. I'm not just saying that because [...]

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The Skinny: So much for the "don't let Manny Ramirez beat you" strategy. Ramirez continued his almost laughable domination of Diamondbacks' pitching with a 2 for 4 game, a home run, a double and 5 runs batted in as the Dodgers smacked around the Diamondbacks again, 7-2. Ramirez started the L.A. hit [...]

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The Skinny: In the first game of undoubtedly the most important series of the season, the Arizona Diamondbacks did not really even show up in Los Angeles. Former Sun Devil Andre Ethier continued his recent domination of Diamondbacks' pitching by going 5 for 5 with a home run, 2 doubles and 5 runs batted in [...]

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The National League West could very well be decided this weekend at Chavez Ravine as the Arizona Diamondbacks visit the Los Angeles Dodgers. The two teams met last weekend in Phoenix, and the Dodgers took two out of three to cut further into the D-Backs' division lead. Since taking the last two games [...]

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The Skinny: Troy Glaus and Yadier Molina both hit 2-run home runs, and Felipe Lopez added a solo shot as the St. Louis Cardinals trounced the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-2 at Chase Field. St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright pitched very well, allowing only 1 run and 3 hits in 5 and a third innings for his 8th [...]

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This week on In The Zona, we react to both Arizona and ASU's games, talk D'backs starting pitching, David Eckstein, and of course Kurt Warner and those Arizona Cardinals. Here we go: Wildcats and Sun Devils What was your reaction to UofA-Idaho and ASU-NAU? Is [...]

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The St. Louis Cardinals and Arizona Diamondbacks have played 137 and 136 games, respectively, and finally will play each other for the first time in 2008 today at Chase Field. The Cardinals (74-63) are currently 11 1/2 games out of first place in the National League Central, and 6 1/2 games out of the Wildcard. Interestingly enough, [...]

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Photo: Paul Connors/AP The Skinny: For the second straight start, Diamondbacks' right-hander Brandon Webb was denied his 20th victory. The Los Angeles Dodgers hit Webb early and often, chasing him after just 3.1 innings in an 8-1 cakewalk Sunday at Chase Field. Phoenix native and former ASU star Andre Ethier started the hit parade, [...]

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The Skinny: Most teams' pitchers have a really hard time getting Manny Ramirez out. For pitchers of the Arizona Diamondbacks, it is nearly an impossible task. Ramirez went 4 for 5 with 2 home runs and 2 runs batted in as the Los Angeles Dodgers broke their 8-game losing streak with a 6-2 win [...]

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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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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