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Where to Eat and Drink Near Tempe Diablo Stadium

​ Los Angeles Angels: Tempe Diablo Stadium The name says Tempe, but if you're catching an Angels game at Diablo Stadium (heh heh, we get it) and looking for a good meal, you're much closer to a few excellent drinking and dining options in South Phoenix. We did tuck one Tempe favorite in there for ... More >>

Where to Eat and Drink Near Camelback Ranch

​ Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox: Camelback Ranch 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. Widely considered one of the crown ... More >>

Jam Session

From Left Field

Dan Haren Traded To Angels; D-Backs Get Unimpressive Players In Return

doin-work.comSee ya later, Dan Haren. ​ Welcome to a playoff race, Dan Haren. The D-Backs ace was traded to the Angels on Sunday in exchange for Joe Saunders and minor leaguers Rafael Rodriguez and southpaw Patrick Corbin. They also get a player to be named later, rumored to be pitching prospect ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Wrap Up Road Trip with 4-2 Win Over St. Louis Cardinals

Chris Young: The D-Backs' lone All-Star?​The Arizona Diamondbacks' 3-3 record on its recently completed road trip is a smashing success, considering the team's generally poor play this year and the competition (two likely playoff teams, the Tampa Bay Rays and the St. Louis Cardinals). The D-Backs ... More >>

Conor Jackson First Arizona Diamondback to Leave Town; Traded to Oakland A's

www.deepleagues.comConor Jackson​Conor Jackson has been shipped out of town, just not to the team we expected. As we mentioned a few weeks ago, the D-Backs front office said changes were on the way -- Jackson is simply the first to go. Rumors swirled yesterday that Jackson would soon be on his ... More >>

D-Backs Win a Wild One Despite Another Qualls Relief Nightmare

The most dramatic moment in baseball has got to be a walk-off homer, and Chris Young of the Arizona Diamondbacks did just that on Sunday afternoon blasting a 411-foot bomb to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5 at Chase Field.   ​The whacky win earned the D-Backs the weekend series over a s ... 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 >>

Cactus League Baseball: San Francisco Giants vs. Oakland Athletics

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, Rangers fans, there's nothin' here for you unless your boys happen to play against the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers, or the Cubs):A ... 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 happen to play against the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers, or the Cubs):Ar ... 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 Dodgers, the Cubs, or the Diamondbacks):Arizo ... More >>

Spring Training Schedule for This Weekend'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, Brewers fans, there's nothin' here for you unless your boys happen to play against the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers, or the Cub ... More >>

Cactus League Baseball: Oakland Athletics vs. Arizona Diamondbacks

Cactus League Baseball: Kansas City Royals vs. Chicago Cubs

Cactus League Baseball: Chicago White Sox vs. Arizona Diamondbacks

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

​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):Ariz ... 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):Ariz ... More >>

Spring Training Eats, In and Around The Stadiums

Spring Training is well underway, and so far our home team is kicking butt down in Tucson. After yesterday's Arizona Diamondbacks 13-5 mega-victory over the Mariners, hopefully you're stoked for this week's Cactus League games in Phoenix. Today, the Rangers take on the Cubs at HoHoKam Park. ... 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:

Arizona Diamondbacks Spring Training: Benches Clear and Chris Snyder Nearly Looses Some Teeth

www.allaroundphilly.com Mariners pitcher Cliff Lee, seen here while still with the Cleveland Indians.​Seattle Mariners pitcher Cliff Lee is a punk.In the third inning of today's spring training game with Arizona Diamondbacks, Lee threw two pitches at the head of D-backs catcher Chris Snyder ... 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:

Spring Training Schedule for This Weekend'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 this weekend's spring training games:

Cactus League Baseball: Chicago White Sox vs. Cleveland Indians

Cactus League Baseball: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

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:

Cactus League Baseball: Cincinnati Reds vs. Cleveland Indians

Play Ball Already

Oh, we waited so long

Surprise Fourth of July Celebration

Bull Durham, AZ Style

Fledgling ballplayers compete for “The Show”

Diamondbacks Live Postgame Show: D-Backs/Mariners

Diamondbacks Live Postgame Show: D-Backs/Royals

Ranger Danger

American League West leaders visit the Chase

Diamondbacks Live Postgame Show: D-Backs/Mariners

Interleague Rocks

Dodgers/White Sox match-up highlights this week’s sched

Josh Hamilton

It's the Stadium, Stupid

Fancy-schmancy new park changes the face of spring ball

Dream Teams

Indians, Dodgers spurn Grapefruit League for Arizona’s world-class party

Dream Team

Indians, Dodgers spurn Grapefruit League for Arizona’s world-class party

Royal Blues

Hitsville USA

Cactus League, Week 4

Coyote Ugly

Boneheaded mutts host NHL’s top dogs

Angel Food

It's one, two, three bites en route to the old ball game

Speedball

The story you never read on the back of a baseball card

Slice Guys