Subject: Arizona Diamondbacks

• Hot Links: Arpaio Probed, Resort Approved, Sinatra Blown

  The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department is investigating Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the MSCO, looking for evidence of discrimination based on race. Arpaio says "We'll open our books. We have nothing to hide." If that's true, then why has he repeatedly refused to release public records to Valley media, his office even going so far as to tell New Times to "sue" for them?...Mesa voters approved the construction of a new resort by Gaylord Entertainment Company, votin

  March 11, 2009

• D-Backs Squeak Out a Big Win in L.A. Against the Dodgers

  Dealing against baseball's best, Billy Buckner picked up his fourth career win. The most pivotal moment in perhaps the Arizona Diamondbacks' hoped-for turnaround took place during the top half of the second inning during their Monday-night game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in L.A. Facing Hiroki Kuroda in his first start since Opening Day, Stephen Drew led off with a double that nearly cleared the right-center-field fence at Dodger Stadium. So far, so good, right? Wrong, because moments lat

  June 2, 2009

• An Achilles' Heel for the 2008 D-Backs Rears Its Ugly Head in First Loss of 2009

  Tom Tulowitzki's fifth-inning jack gave Colorado a lead it would not relinquish. Along with spotty defense, the Arizona Diamondbacks' biggest issue to rectify in the 2009 season is scoring production. Yeah, looks like they should have saved some of Monday's offensive firepower for last night's game against the Colorado Rockies. Facing right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez (1-0) - who was armed with a fastball that consistently hit the 97 mph mark as well as filthy off-speed pitches hovering around th

  April 8, 2009

• Cactus League, Week One

  February 26, 2009

• Ex-Arizona Diamondbacks' Minor Leaguer Makes the Snakes Pay During St. Louis Cardinals' Series-Opening Victory at Chase Field

  www.mlb.comBrian Barden -- an ex-D-Back minor leaguer -- punked his old team Monday night. Way before the St. Louis Cardinals' Brian Barden belted the game-winning blast in the eighth inning to gave the Arizona Diamondbacks their third consecutive loss, the home team arguably choked away the game way back in the third. In that inning, Cardinals' starter Todd Wellemeyer retired the first hitter, then yielded an infield single to Doug Davis and a double to Felipe Lopez that moved the starting pi

  April 14, 2009

• Arizona Diamondbacks, San Francisco Giants Battle to Stay Out of the Cellar Tonight Through Sunday

  www.mlb.com Randy Johnson: Come on, baby, don't fear the Reaper. The Diamondbacks sucking wind with the bottom-feeders? The Padres in the clouds? What in the name of collective mediocrity is going on in the National League West? Thankfully, there's one constant that NL West watchers can depend on, post-Barry Bonds: The San Francisco Giants still bite. At the moment, our struggling Snakes are not much to write home about, either, so it's probably a blessing that the young D-Backs' first

  April 17, 2009

• San Francisco Giants Trump Arizona Diamondbacks in a Battle of NL West Basement Dwellers. Next Up: Colorado Rockies, Tonight Through Wednesday.

  mlb.comD-Backs Pitcher (and tantrum case) Dan HarenThere's one word to sum up the Arizona Diamondbacks' 2009 season thus far: Exasperation. While the emotion has been brewing amongst players and fans since the second game of the year against the Colorado Rockies -- when the Snakes began their infuriating tendency of squandering decent pitching with woefully-inconsistent offense -- said consternation came to a head after the squad lost its weekend series against the San Francisco Giants at AT&

  April 20, 2009

• Arizona Diamondbacks Score Six Runs (In One Game!) to Top the Colorado Rockies Monday Night

  www.arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.comMiguel Montero's mammoth blast in the fifth was the difference maker for the Diamondbacks. Six runs in a single baseball game isn't exactly an offensive blitzkrieg, but when you're the Arizona Diamondbacks, a half-dozen revolutions around the base path is huge. Especially considering that the team had only managed to cough up two stinking runs in the past 31 frames. It's also huge when six runs are good enough to chalk up a much-needed victory, which the struggl

  April 21, 2009

• Arizona Diamondbacks Cream the Chicago Cubs, Win Second In a Row

  Chris Snyder (pictured) and the Diamondbacks offense finally did it up for pitcher Dan Haren. If only. That's the phrase on a lot of D-Backs' fans minds as the painful first month of the 2009 season nears its close. If only Brandon Webb wasn't going to be out for at least six more weeks. If only Arizona could manufacture a consistent stream of runs per game. If only hard-luck loser Dan Haren could have received more offensive support. Luckily, this last "if only" was irrelevant Monday nig

  April 28, 2009

• Arizona Diamondbacks Mauled By Chicago Cubs in 11-3 Blowout

  www.dbacks.comYusmeiro Petit allowed seven runs over three and one-third innings in last night's drubbing by the Cubs. Turnabout, as they say, is fair play. A mere 24 hours after routing the Chicago Cubs, 7-2, on Monday, the Arizona Diamondbacks got a taste of their own medicine last night in the form of an 11-3 drubbing by the Windy City sluggers. So long, winning streak, we hardly knew ye. As usual, it was practically a home game for Chi-Town, with their rabid Valley fan base (last seen f

  April 29, 2009

• Motley Crew: Arizona Diamondbacks Shouldn't Underestimate the Milwaukee Brewers Tonight Through Sunday

  Next up for the D-Backs: baseball's next potential superstar, Ryan Braun, and the Brew Crew. Schlemiel, schlemazel, Hasenfeffer Incorporated . . . It's temptingly easy to dis Milwacky -- er, Milwaukee -- a small-market town that's home to Laverne De Fazio, Shirley Feeney, the Fonz, happy drunks, mutant sausage racing, folks who actually buy into the burg's Chamber of Commerce nickname ("The German Athens of America"), and a baseball team that's been irrelevant since before the invention

  April 30, 2009

• More BS: Arizona Diamondbacks Relievers Blow Save, Choke Away Game to the Milwaukee Brewers Thursday Night

  When did the king of the blown save, former Arizona gas can Gregg Olson, start giving pointers to the current D-Backs' pen? Just curious. We can't say for sure, but we're guessing you're sick of the Arizona Diamondbacks' bullpen going all Gregg Olson nearly every game. The latest debacle occurred last night during game one of the D-Backs' four-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers. Behind a boisterous Miller Park contingent, the Brew Crew rallied for four tallies off of four Arizona

  May 1, 2009

• D-Backs Win Two of Three Weekend Games on Stellar Pitching, Solid Hitting, and Luck, but Split Series with Brewers. Dodgers Tonight

  www.mlb.com Justin Upton hits two homers in as many days this weekend, but the D-Backs lose Sunday. It was a four-game series that ended on a shadowy Texas Leaguer by Milwaukee Brewers center-fielder Mike Cameron. The Arizona Diamondbacks won two of three over the weekend behind the pitching of Jon Garland and Dan Haren, who struck out 11 and allowed one run in eight innings Saturday night. But they lost Thursday night to the Brewers at Miller Park and lost again Sunday in

  May 4, 2009

• Phoenix Suns License Plates Go On Sale Today; Fee Helps Charities, As Law Requires

  Image: www.nba.comBling out your car with a Phoenix Sun license plate and you'll be helping the basketball team's charity organization.Arizona law requires that $17 of the $25 fee paid by people who buy specialty plates must go to charities. Other specialty plates in Arizona include: the Arizona Diamondbacks, child abuse prevention, and the one that never looks good in an accident, "In God We Trust." Organizations that want Arizona to make a specialty plate pay the state $32,000 up front f

  May 5, 2009

• Hot Links: Mesa Meth, MSCO Officer Busted, and Pink Cabaret

  As we reported yesterday, Arizona Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin was fired. Now, it looks almost certain his replacement will be Director of Player Development, A.J. Hinch. An official announcement will be made today at a 3 p.m. press conference...Mesa police arrested four illegal immigrants and confiscated 16 pounds of meth on Wednesday, in what's being called the largest meth bust in Mesa's history. Police were acting on a tip from a concerned citizen when they made the raid, which also turne

  May 8, 2009

• D-Backs Salvage Some Dignity With Win Over Nationals to Kick Off A.J. Hinch Era. Up Next: Cincinnati Reds.

  dbacks.com Justin Upton's hitting streak now stands at 17 games.Before Sunday afternoon, the Arizona Diamondbacks' weekend series against the Washington Nationals at Chase Field was looking like a disaster. Following a pair of tough losses on Friday and Saturday, it seemed the Snakes were about to get swept by the basement-dwelling Nats, giving new manager A.J. Hinch the ugliest possible start.Thankfully, the D-Backs managed to somewhat salvage things with a hard-fought 10-

  May 11, 2009

• A.J. Hinch Officially Welcomed as New Manager For Arizona Diamondbacks. Team Takes on Washington Tonight Through Sunday

  www.dbacks.comAJ Hinch, Arizona's new skipperThere was a lot of talk about "passion" Friday afternoon as the Arizona Diamondbacks new manager was announced at a press conference. Most of it from new manager A.J. Hinch, describing himself. Let's hope his self-claimed exuberance rubs off on the lackluster D-Backs lineup. We want to be optimistic that a positive attitude is the answer (and  Bob Melvin was kind of a sad sack), but it seems nothing short of a blockbuster trade will help this str

  May 8, 2009

• D-Backs Bring Beer-League Pitching to Chase Field During Loss to Cincinnati Reds

  This guy may have pitched better for the Diamondbacks Monday night than the Diamondbacks did during their embarrassing loss. One of baseball's best traditions is batting practice, because not many things in sports are sweeter than watching a Major League ballplayer cranking moon shots into the outfield and over the fence. If you love BP and the Cincinnati Reds are your fave, then you probably experienced the best time ever last night watching the Big Red Slugging Machine bombarding the Arizona

  May 12, 2009

• Revenge of the Burned: Former D-Backs Pitcher Micah Owings Gets Retribution in 3-1 Cincinnati Win

  Ryan Roberts' left arm now has a fresh bruise to match his numerous tattoos.Things seemed to get a little personal during the Arizona Diamondbacks' 3-1 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night at Chase Field. For proof, look no further than the nice-size bruise that Ryan Roberts is probably sporting on his left arm this morning.The contusion came via an 86-mile-per-hour fastball dished out by Reds pitcher (and one-time hurler for Arizona) Micah Owings to start the bottom of the eighth

  May 13, 2009

• Arizona Diamondbacks Lose a Heartbreaking, Yet Super-Exciting Game to the San Diego Padres

  Chase Headley's tenth-inning bomb won it for the red hot Padres. Do you have a friend who either doesn't give two poops about baseball or doesn't know jack squat about the game? Or perhaps you're entertaining some English blokes who would rather sip a spot of tea while watching the cricket than checking out a game of "rounders," as those British bastards call it? If any of these scenarios apply - or you like baseball with a lot of action - then make them watch a replay of yesterday's Arizona

  May 26, 2009

• Diamondbacks Put Together Four-Run Fourth to Overwhelm Braves 5-2

  www.mlb.com Dan Haren looked like Arizona's ace against Atlanta.Dan Haren set the pace for the Arizona Diamondbacks with a seven-hit, two-run, eight-strikeouts, no-walks performance in eight innings on the mound Thursday night. He improved his record to 4-4. And he got something he's been denied in several starts this season: run production from his offense. Precisely, Arizona batters got 11 hits and five runs in the D-Backs' 5-2 plastering of the Atlanta Braves 

  May 29, 2009

• It Took 18 Innings, but the D-Backs Beat San Diego 9-6 Sunday. The Teams Square Off Again Tonight

  www.mlb.com Mark Reynolds hit a 400-foot, three-run homer to end the stalemate in the 18th.It was a marathon game in which the Arizona Diamondbacks seemingly had it won early. When ace Dan Haren left after seven innings, Arizona held a commanding 6-1 lead over the San Diego Padres. Haren had pitched brilliantly, giving up only four hits and striking out five. Then came the usual ass-pain for the Diamondbacks: the freakin' bullpen. In the bottom of the ninth, its members served up fiv

  June 8, 2009

• Arizona Diamondbacks Lose in San Diego, Split Four-Game Series with the Padres; Open a Three-Game Home Set Tonight Against the San Francisco Giants

  The Padres' Kevin Kouzmanoff made the D-Backs look all foolish Monday night. The Arizona Diamondbacks' game on Monday night in San Diego against the Padres basically summed up the season thus far for the National League West cellar dwellers: Yielding the big inning to the opponent and questionable managerial decision-making. Leading 2-0 in the fifth inning behind a strong pitching effort by the D-Backs' Jon Garland, the righty got into some trouble against the Padres' resilient batters. Thoug

  June 9, 2009

• Arizona's Own "Jon and Kate" Exploit Sextuplets in Upcoming Reality Show

   The stars of the popular reality show "Jon and Kate Plus Eight" are getting a public divorce amid accusations that they use their kids for profit. It sounds like an ugly mess, but wouldn't you know it -- an Arizona couple hopes to follow in Jon and Kate's footsteps (without the divorce -- unless it gets good ratings, presumably). Lake Havasu residents Bryan (a graduate of Arizona State University) and Jenny Masche are exploiting their own, Phoenix-born childre

  June 9, 2009

• Upton, Scherzer Step-Up in Arizona Diamondbacks' Win Over the San Francisco Giants

  No doubt: Justin Upton played like an All-Star Thursday afternoon. Granted, the Arizona Diamondbacks are not a well-oiled machine. We're just not sure why. (Bad coaching? Poor team chemistry? Dodgy bullpen? Take your pick.) But there is one thing we know for certain: Thank goodness for Justin Upton. In the third, the should-be All-Star selection nailed a solo shot over the right center field fence -- his 12th of the season -- off of San Francisco starter Jonathan Sanchez to make the score 1-0

  June 11, 2009

• Arizona Diamondbacks Stink Up the Joint Against Kansas City Royals

  Kansas City's Gil Meche dealt a complete-game shutout against lowly Arizona. Gross, dude. The Royals, a team that's been irrelevant since 1985 (a World Series-winning season that also marks the last time they finished first in their division), made the sinking-ship-like D-Backs look like the irrelevant one. For example, Arizona's line score in the team's 5-0 loss at KC's Kauffman Stadium read like this: zero stinking runs, four lousy hits, and three pathetic errors. And here's the brown-

  June 17, 2009

• D-Backs Swept by Seattle After Tony Clark Drops a Routine Throw to First in the Ninth Inning Sunday. Next Up: Texas Rangers.

  mlb.com Tony Clark was the goat Sunday when his error lost the game.The score was knotted 2-2 in the bottom of the ninth Sunday at Safeco Field in Seattle when the unthinkable happened. Well, it would've been unthinkable except we're talking about the hard-luck Arizona Diamondbacks. Veteran Tony Clark, who's about the only true first baseman the D-Backs have left because of injuries, dropped a routine throw from third baseman Mark Reynolds and a run scored, giving the Seattle

  June 22, 2009

• Cavalcade of Errors Dooms Diamondbacks in Weekend Sweep by L.A. Angels of Anaheim

  Justin Upton, one of the goats of yesterday's 12-8 debacle. The burgeoning superstardom of Justin Upton has been one of the few reasons (if not the only one) to tune into the Arizona Diamondbacks' games over the last couple months. The 21-year-old's dynamic fielding and hitting heroics this season (including 84 hits, 14 home runs, and 45 RBIs) have earned him a shot at participating in next month's All-Star Game, as well as multitudes of cheers from hometown crowds at Chase Field. But said che

  June 29, 2009

• D-Backs Crown KC Royals During 12-5 Thrashing

  Max Scherzer provided a brilliant performance for a home-state crowd last night in KC.D-Backs manager A.J. Hinch held a big clubhouse meeting with his players yesterday afternoon, which shouldn't come as a surprise following the team's absolutely embarrassing 5-0 shutout loss to Kansas City on Tuesday night. No press. No other staff. Just the skipper and his crew hashing out one of the most discomforting Diamondbacks losses in recent memory.Whatever Hinch bellowed at his players during the confa

  June 18, 2009

• Mr. Snubbed, Mark Reynolds, Plays Hero in Diamondbacks' Win Over San Diego Padres

  Mark Reynolds proved last night that he should be a 2009 All-Star. In the top half of the eighth inning at Chase Field last night, the boo birds came a-calling once again on the 2009 Arizona Diamondbacks. The pesky San Diego Padres had just padded their lead after a throwing error by catcher Miguel Montero, who was trying to prevent Everth Cabrera from stealing third. (Cabrera had reached on a two-out walk, then stolen second.) Instead, Montero's errant toss sailed into left field, allowing th

  July 7, 2009

• Shock and Awe: Diamondbacks Notch Fourth Straight Win With 4-3 Victory Over San Diego

  Gerardo Parra whacked an RBI triple in last night's 4-3 victory over San Diego. Don't look now, but the Arizona Diamondbacks, the second-worst team in Major League Baseball, currently have the hottest win streak going in the bigs. Yes, you read that right. Our lovable hometown zeroes have triumphed in their last four games, including last night's 4-3 win over the San Diego Padres, which ties a season record for the D-Backs. (Granted, this quartet of victories has come against the Padres and

  July 8, 2009

• D-Backs Get Laughed Out of the Joint in Series-Opening Loss to Colorado Rockies

  Rockies' starter Jorge De La Rosa was nails last night against the Diamondbacks. What's the best news for the Arizona Diamondbacks following last night's 10-6 loss against the Colorado Rockies in Denver? They live to play another day. Or maybe that's a bad thing, considering the way this sorry season has gone. Not sure what to say about Monday night's laugher, which occurred on an atypically warm eve in Denver. In case you didn't catch the game, don't let the final score fool you. This thin

  July 21, 2009

• Stephen Drew and Justin Upton Fuel Diamondbacks to 6-5 Comeback Against Colorado Rockies

  Stephen Drew's bat was white-hot last night in Denver. It's a safe bet that the closest the execrable Arizona Diamondbacks squad will get to this year's postseason will be tuning into Joe Buck and Tim McCarver's play-by-play on FOX. But that's not to say our lovable losers won't have a say in who'll be in the MLB playoffs come October. Since it's unlikely the D-Backs will become contenders during the remaining 10 weeks of the season (barring an unheard-of Bad News Bears-like turnaround), then

  July 22, 2009

• The Bucs Stop Here: Pittsburgh Pirates Are Better, and Deeper, Than They Appear. D-Backs Are Worse, and Shallower.

  Pirates rookie Andrew McCutchen is a budding five-tool threat à la Justin Upton.Think your Diamondbacks stink? What to make, then, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who, prior to their 8-5 victory against the Brewers on July 20, had been Milwaukee's bitch for more than a year? Before that W, the Pirates had choked away 17 straight to the Brewers (the Brewers!) over 14 months. It was the longest winning streak by one MLB team over another in almost 40 years (or the longest streak of baffling impotence

  July 23, 2009

• D-Backs Show Up With Big Offense and Stellar Bullpen Chops Against the Bucs. We Had to Pinch Ourselves to See if it Was Real.

  mlb.com Blast of the Night: Chad Tracy rockets another pinch-hit homer, this one high into the seats down the right-field line.In a way, it was a sad night for Arizona Diamondbacks fans, because the team's 11-4 shellacking of the Pittsburgh Pirates at Chase Field demonstrated how good this team could be. If the offense showed up more than once out of every two or three games. If the bullpen showed up at all. Both showed up big-time Thursday night, as the Snakes

  July 24, 2009

• The Good, The Bad, and The Fugly: Philadelphia Phillies School the Diamondbacks in Series Opener

  Once the Phillies' Ryan Howard blasted his 26th homer of the year in the fourth, this one was done.​ Baseball is one of those sports where any team, no matter how good or bad, can beat another on any given day. But when the good exploits the bad, then, well, it's not a pretty thing to watch. Just in case you missed it, the Philadelphia Phillies are in town facing the Arizona Diamondbacks. The defending World Series champion Phillies, who are well on their way to another postseason bert

  July 28, 2009

• D-Backs Take Series from the New York Mets. Up Next: The Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park.

  Chad Qualls preserved Dan Haren's shaky outing.​ This was almost the ultimate disaster in a season chockfull of them. On the same day that Brandon Webb had season-killing surgery, the Arizona Diamondbacks were in New York's Citi Field, putting the hurt on the host in an attempt to win three out of four from the struggling Metropolitans. The spacious new ballpark, known for neutralizing the league's power-hitting elite, couldn't hold the D-Backs, especially Mark Reynolds, who celebrated

  August 4, 2009

• D-Backs Sweep the Pirates in Pittsburgh; Up Next: The Washington Nationals in D.C.

  Alex Romero's first career four-hit effort was key for the surging Diamondbacks.​ Even when things are going well for the Arizona Diamondbacks, somebody or something takes a big ol' dump in their Cheerios. For example, during Wednesday night's victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates, star outfielder Justin Upton strained his right oblique while attempting to swipe second base in the ninth. (Upton has since been placed on the disabled list.) Then on Thursday afternoon, Pirate-basher Ryan Rob

  August 7, 2009

• Hot Links: Bald Eagles, Brush Fires, and Local Dog Stars

  ​The Arizona Diamondbacks fell 2-9 to the Washington Nationals yesterday. The game marked the Nationals' eighth consecutive victory and a three-game sweep against the Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks open a three-game series at home against the New York Mets tonight...Arizona's bald eagle population grew by record numbers this year, partly because eagle nesting areas have been closed to the public, say officials at the Arizona Department of Game and Fish.  Bald eagles were removed from the

  August 10, 2009

• D-Backs Return Home, Beat the New York Mets

  Doug Davis won back-to-back starts for the first time since May 2008.​ Following a pathetic sweep at the hands of the Washington Nationals in D.C., the Arizona Diamondbacks basically saw the official end to their disappointing season. So now that there's nothing to play for, the team should start having some fun, which is exactly what they did last night at Chase Field against the hard-luck New York Mets. If you've been following the plight of the Mets, you'll be sympathetic because the

  August 11, 2009

• Everything You Wanted (and Something Nobody Does) from a Diamondbacks-Dodgers Series. Next Up: In Atlanta for a Make-Up Game.

  Miguel Montero's dramatic ninth-inning blast tied Saturday night's game.​ A dirty slide that initiated a beanball war in front of a raucous Chase Field crowd. A for-the-ages, come-from-behind win in extra innings. Stars and unknowns stepping into the spotlight and delivering big plays. And one of the most unbelievable and scary moments baseball has ever witnessed. Before the '09 season started, these things were expected from a series between the division-contending Arizona Diamondback

  August 17, 2009

• Rain Washes Away the D-Backs' Chances Against the Philadelphia Phillies

  Blame the rain -- or, more appropriately, the fact that the D-Backs stink -- for last night's loss in Philly. ​ Once upon a time, the Arizona Diamondbacks were winning a game against the defending MLB champeen Philadelphia Phillies (we know, hard to believe). Stephen Drew had slugged a lead-off home run off of pitcher-of-the-decade Pedro Martinez, who was making his second major-league start since being brought up to The Show a few weeks ago. By the bottom of the third, Arizona still led. Th

  August 19, 2009

• Hot Links: FLDS Land for Sale, D-Backs, and the Shaggy Bandit

  ​A judge in Utah has ordered the sale of Arizona land belonging to a property trust established by followers of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs. The trust has about $3 million in debt. The 400-acre parcel of land in northern Arizona will be sold to the highest bidder, but the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints may appeal the judge's decision...The Arizona Diamondbacks face the San Francisco Giants on Giants turf tonight, in the first game of a three-game series. The

  August 25, 2009

• D-Backs' Spoiler Role Falls Short in San Francisco

  This unknown dude's blast in the eighth inning sunk the D-Backs.​ To boil down the Arizona Diamondbacks' series in San Francisco (which commenced last night), it's basically this: The Giants have mucho to play for and the D-Backs ain't got jack to compete for. Because SF is chasing Colorado for the National League Wild Card, they are a bit more motivated each game compared to the spiraling-out-of-complete-control Diamondbacks, who took a seven-out-of-eight-game losing streak into AT&T P

  August 26, 2009

• Trading Frenzy Breaks Out in Last Night's Game Between the D-Backs and Dodgers

  msn.foxsports.comJon Garland, now a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers.​ Last night during the game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Fox Sports Arizona confirmed that five-time All-Star Jim Thome had been dealt from the Chicago White Sox to the Dodgers for a player to be named later. (The ChiSox also got rid of pitcher Jose Contreras, sending him to the Colorado Rockies.) Weird, especially considering that Thome - who has only played one game in the field since

  September 1, 2009

• Meaningless Game Between the D-Backs and Padres Turns Into an Entertaining One in San Diego

  Pitcher Billy Buckner drove in Arizona's first two runs.​ The Arizona Diamondbacks versus the San Diego Padres. A battle of bottom-heavy NL West teams playing in front of nobody at SD's Petco Park. Totally not-see TV, right? Well, we will see what happens in the latter two games of the three-game set, but last night's donnybrook was actually pretty entertaining.

  September 15, 2009

• Hot Links: D-Backs Choke, Tribes Ban Mining, and 30 Twins

  ​The Arizona Diamondbacks dropped another game last night, losing 5-6 to the San Diego Padres. Next up: the first of three D-Backs home games against the Colorado Rockies on Friday evening...A $30 million loan could help the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community build a new spring training complex on tribal land. The proposed complex would have 11,000 seats and 12 practice fields, and would serve as the new training home of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies...Maricopa County De

  September 17, 2009

• Arizona Diamondbacks Wretched Season of Losers Ends With a Win

  Say bye-bye to Chad Tracy, who's pretty much done as a Diamondback.​This is how the Arizona Diamondbacks' abortion of a season ends, not with a whimper but a bang: The bungling boys in Sedona red took two of three from the Chicago Cubs over the weekend in the Windy City to bring a merciful end to their wretched 2009 season, including a 12-3 manhandling of the Wrigley Field dwellers on Friday. With the series win, the sucktastic Snakes limp past the finish line firmly in possession of the

  October 5, 2009

• Diamondback Pitcher Clay Zavada Finalist for Mustache of the Year

  www.mustacheglory.com D-Backs reliever Clay Zavada and his notable handlebar mustache​If you think the mustache went out with the cheesy bass riffs in '70s porn, you may be wrong. Clay Zavada, the stache-clad relief pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks, has made it to the finals. No, we don't mean the baseball postseason (he's on the Diamondbacks, remember); Zavada has been named a finalist for the coveted Robert Goulet Memorial Mustached American of the Year Award.

  October 6, 2009

• D-Backs Annual Attendance Drops Big Time; Wonder Why?!

  www.blogspot.com Chase Field. No, there is no game going on in this photo, but the stands don't look much different when there is.​What do the Arizona Diamondbacks have in common with the dentist? Um, nobody in their right mind wants to see them, and it's painful when they do.The Diamondbacks' winning percentage wasn't the only thing in the tank this year, as ESPN reports a 4,700 fan drop in attendance per game for the 2009 season.

  October 7, 2009