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Arizona Diamondbacks Still Have the Cheapest Beer in Major League Baseball

There's no ballpark in Major League Baseball where you can get intoxicated for less money than at Phoenix's own Chase Field.Fourteen ounces of beer at a Diamondbacks game is $4, which makes the Diamondbacks the cheap-beer champs, according to an annual report on baseball-game costs produced by a com ... More >>

Diamondbacks GM Kevin Towers' "Moneyball" Strategy Isn't Madness

Spring Has Sprung

Arizona Diamondbacks Lose Three to Cubs, Trade Rumors Surround Justin Upton

The Arizona Diamondbacks lost all three games in a series against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field last weekend. With the starting pitchers struggling defensively and a dismal offensive performance, the D'backs managed to put up a mere three runs the entire series. Fresh off the All-Star break the ... More >>

Fair Weather Trend

Where to Eat and Drink Near Surprise Stadium

Texas Rangers and Kansas City Royals: Surprise Stadium All week long we're sharing suggestions of where to find breakfast, lunch, dinner and drinks near each spring training stadium. Have a favorite spot baseball fans should hit? Leave it in the comments. Go west, baseball fans, waaaay west. The ... More >>

Get to Know a Baseball Wife: Introducing Chantel Kendall (VIDEO)

Vh1's latest reality endeavor, Baseball Wives, is based in (where else?) spring training hotspot Scottsdale. The catty crew includes Anna Benson, Erika Monroe Williams, Tanya Grace, Brooke Villone, Jordana Lenz, and this week's final femme Chantel Kendall.The six women have (or have had) romances w ... More >>

The Formulas Work in Moneyball

Ian Kennedy Loses Out on Last-Minute All-Star Appearance

mlb.com/dbacksYou won't catch Ian Kennedy pitching in Tuesday's All-Star Game.​Despite massive amounts of votes from Arizona Diamondbacks fans, and even some support from Senator John McCain, pitcher Ian Kennedy lost out on his last-minute shot at making Tuesday's All-Star Game at Chase Field.&nbs ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Sweep Short Series Against Atlanta Braves; Two-Out Runs Make the Difference

Yahoo! SportsThe funky delivery is helping Collmenter roll through the league.​There was another pitching duel at Chase Field last night. Arizona Diamondbacks reliever-turned-starter Josh Collmenter traded blanks with Atlanta Braves starter Jair Jurrjens until the Diamondbacks took the game's ... More >>

Harmon Killebrew Dead at 74; 1960s Home Run King Loses Battle With Cancer

Harmon Killebrew: 1936-2011​Legendary Minnesota Twins third baseman Harmon Killebrew, who hit more home runs than any other player during the 1960s, died in his Scottsdale home this morning, ending his battle with esophageal cancer.Killebrew played 22 seasons in the Majors with the ... More >>

Jim Joyce, Perfect-Game Killing MLB Umpire, Banned From Officiating Arizona Diamondbacks Games

www.nbcsports.comUmpire Jim Joyce makes amends with current-D-Backs pitcher Armando Galarraga after ruining his perfect game last season.​Major League Baseball umpire Jim Joyce, by all accounts, is a phenomenal umpire. However, he made one of the worst calls in baseball history, which cost then-De ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Win Community Giving Award For Being "Most Positive Team In The World"

Diamondbacks CEO and President Derrick Hall heads "most positive team in the world." ​The Arizona Diamondbacks have won the inaugural United Nations NGO Positive Peace Award for community giving, the team announced this afternoon. The award recognizes the team's work with the Southwest Autis ... More >>

Think of The Baseball Project as an Indie Rock Soundtrack to a Ken Burns Documentary

Cactus League: Week Four

Kevin Towers Has a Plan To End the Misery At Chase Field: Less Attitude, More Talent

Fox SportsThink classy, you'll be classy.​It isn't just Forbes magazine that noticed how miserable the Phoenix sports scene is. New Arizona Diamondbacks General Manager Kevin Towers saw it at Chase Field the day he took charge of the team last season, according to a recent piece in the New York T ... More >>

Coco Crisp, Oakland A's Outfielder, Latest Athlete to Get Busted for DUI in Scottsdale

www.thrilllist.com Coco Crisp joins several athletes who've been busted for DUI in Scottsdale.​If you're a professional athlete looking to get nabbed for a DUI, look no further than Scottsdale.In the past few years, celebrity athletes such as Mike Tyson, Charles Barkley, Seattle Seahawks ti ... More >>

Hall of Fame Vote Comes and Goes With Nary a Word From Arizona Republic Sports Desk -- Even Though Best Second Baseman in Diamondbacks' History Heading to Hall

sportsillustrated.com If a Hall of Fame election is held and the Republic doesn't cover it, do the players get their plaques?​You might not know it, but the Arizona Diamondbacks will soon have their first Hall of Famer. No, not Randy Johnson. He isn't eligible for election yet. It's not Cur ... More >>

Dodge Theatre is Now Called Comerica Theatre

​Phoenix's biggest theater has a new name.Live Nation, the concert promoter who owns the building at 400 West Washington Street formerly known as Dodge Theatre, issued a press release today saying we are henceforth to refer to the 5,000 seat venue as Comerica Theatre.In keeping with longstanding P ... More >>

Don Mattingly To Manage Phoenix Desert Dogs In Arizona Fall league

nydailynews.comDon Mattingly​Don Mattingly is finally getting his chance to manage a baseball team, although the major leagues are still a step away. The Dodgers' bench coach will manage the Phoenix Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League, a hopeful step in the right direction for Mattingly. Mat ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Pitching Prospect Joel Matos Busted For Steroids; Suspended 50 Games

dailyspeculations.com​A pitching prospect for the Arizona Diamondbacks has been busted for using performance-enhancing drugs. Joel Matos, a right-handed pitcher in the Dominican Summer League, tested positive for metabolites of the drug Stanozolol, which is also known as Winstrol.In other words, ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Swept by Boston Red Sox; Lose 13th-Straight Road Game

doin-work.com Dan Haren​For awhile, Thursday's game looked like it was up in the air. As the D-Backs and Red Sox traded runs through five innings and battered around each other's starting pitchers, it looked as if Arizona might be able to finally pull out a road win. Nope, not happeni ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Claw Their Way Back, Only to Let Game Slip Away to Atlanta Braves

Chad Qualls: The D-Backs' closer has an ERA of 7.77​This one's gotta sting for the Arizona Diamondbacks. First, their hitters are shut down for six innings against young Atlanta Braves future star Tommy Hanson. Then, two big hits -- a two-run pinch-hit homer by Chris Young in the seventh and a thr ... More >>

Holy Crap! D-backs End Slide and Win Series Against the Colorado Rockies; Up Next: Atlanta Braves.

Ryan Roberts' base knock ended the D-backs' ten-game losing streak.​ On Friday night, the Arizona Diamondbacks snapped their 10-game skid. By Saturday night, they'd won a series. And even though a loss to the Colorado Rockies on Sunday prevented an AZ sweep, the weekend felt like a success. ... More >>

Goldwater Institute Will Sue Over Glendale/NHL Coyotes Deal

​So much for that "deal."Just days after Glendale and the NHL agreed to a $25 million deal to keep the Phoenix Coyotes in Jobing.com Arena for one more year, the Goldwater Institute tells New Times it will file a lawsuit to invalidate the agreement.Le Templar, a spokesman for the Phoenix-based ... More >>

Wanna Bet? The Tohono O'odham Want to Build a Casino in the West Valley -- Now It's Up to the Feds to Make It Happen or Break Another Promise to the Tribe

Arizona Diamondbacks Outpitched, Outhit By San Diego Padres In 6-3 Loss

diamondbacks.mlb.comD-Backs pitcher Edwin Jackson allowed three runs and five hits during his debut.​It goes without saying that the Arizona Diamondbacks (and their fans) are hoping to avoid a repeat of their underwhelming, cellar-dwelling performance from last season. It's a shame then, that the ... More >>

Spring Training Guide to Today's Games

​Here is your guide to today's spring training games, as well as a look at some of yesterday's games that most Valley baseball fans actually care about (sorry, Reds fans, there's nothin' here for you unless your boys happen to play against the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers, or the Cubs): ... More >>

Parking in Glendale: A Two-Hour Odyssey Through a Hell That Made Cormac McCarthy's The Road Look Like Candy Land

​I'm one of those people who prides himself on never paying for parking. Toss me anywhere, anytime, and I'll find a reasonably safe spot to stow my car while I attend to whatever business I'm there for.I've paid to park at a non-meter a few times in the years I've lived in Arizona, but probably no ... More >>

Spring Training Schedule for Today's Games

​Here is your guide to today's spring training games, as well as a look at some of yesterday's games that most Valley baseball fans actually care about (sorry, Mariners fans, there's nothin' here for you unless your boys happen to play against the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers, or the Cubs): ... More >>

Jack Rose, Mastermind Behind Goodyear's Cleveland Indians/Cincinatti Reds Spring Training Complex, Charged in Criminal Complaint

A young Jack Rose, years before he put together the deal for the Goodyear Ballpark.​Jack Rose, the man who put together the deal to bring the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds to Goodyear for spring training, only to be driven from the project under a cloud of suspicion, has been charged ... More >>

Spring Training Schedule for Today's Games

​Here is your guide to today's spring training games, as well as a look at some of yesterday's games that most Valley baseball fans actually care about (sorry, Royals fans, there's nothin' here for you unless your boys in blue happen to play against the Dodgers, the Cubs, or the Diamondbacks):If a ... More >>

Spring Training Schedule for Today's Games

​"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do: I stare out the window and wait for spring." -- Rogers HornsbySpring has sprung, so here is your guide to today's spring training games:

It's the Stadium, Stupid

Fancy-schmancy new park changes the face of spring ball

Dodgertown West

Cactus League Baseball: Seattle Mariners

Cactus League Baseball: San Francisco Giants

Cactus League Baseball: Oakland A's

Cactus League, Week One

2009 D-Backs meet the Valley at new $100 mil park

Cactus League Baseball: Texas Rangers

Cactus League Baseball: San Diego Padres

Cactus League Baseball: Milwaukee Brewers

Cactus League Baseball: Colorado Rockies

Cactus League Baseball: Chicago Cubs

Arizona's Pastime

Saluting the boys of spring

Cactus League, Week Three

Sweet home away from home

Arizona Cactus League Baseball: Milwaukee Brewers

Arizona Cactus League Baseball: San Diego Padres

Arizona Cactus League Baseball: Texas Rangers