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Arizona Diamondbacks Buried By Homers in Lopsided Loss to Cincinnati Reds

See also: Fading Arizona Diamondbacks Lose Fifth-Straight Game See also: Arizona Diamondbacks Lose Yet Again; Cincinnati Reds Win 3-2 If you're one of the few remaining Diamondbacks fans that still believes the beleaguered baseball squad will somehow reverse its fortunes and grab a spot in this year ... More >>

Baseball History Made Last Night In Greatest Regular Season Finish Ever--200,000 Games In and Counting

Stayed up to watch all of the baseball games that mattered last night--which were several.Playoffs start this Saturday in Milwaukee!​May we be allowed to understate for once?Greatest finish to a regular season in the history of the game.At home, the Arizona Diamondbacks needed to win and the Milwa ... More >>

Kam Mickolio Optioned To Minor Leagues After Unimpressive Start To Season

Yahoo! SportsMickolio can expect more of these in the future. ​The Arizona Diamondbacks have demoted Kam Mickolio to the minor leagues and recalled Esmerling Vazquez from Triple-A Reno, a move that comes one day after Mickolio almost blew a four-run lead in .2 innings of work. Mickolio beat ... More >>

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 >>

Mark Reynolds to be Ditched by D-Backs for Bullpen Help

www.canadianbusiness.com Mark Reynolds will be a D-Back no more.​The Arizona Diamondbacks are getting some help where they desperately need it -- and it's costing third baseman Mark Reynolds his job.According to Arizona Republic sports reporter Nick Piecoro, the D-Backs have agreed to trade ... 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 Get Swept by Chicago Cubs in 8-3 Loss

Edwin Jackson: His first loss since no-hitting the Tigers.​All good things must come up to an end, including the Arizona Diamondbacks' dominance over the Chicago Cubs at Chase Field. With their 8-3 loss Wednesday night, the D-Backs lost their first home series to the Cubs since 2003 and were swept ... More >>

D-Backs Lose 7-5 to Braves in Front of the Team's Smallest Crowd of the Season

APEdwin Jackson: Four earned runs in no-decision Tuesday.​After looking terrible in the first month and a half of the season, Edwin Jackson had put together four of five strong starts. That all came to a crashing halt Tuesday night as Jackson reverted to his old ways against the Atlanta Braves in ... More >>

D-Backs' Freefall Continues as They Drop Two of Three in Atlanta

Dan Haren: Off his game in a 13-1 loss to the Braves.​It just doesn't look very good for the Arizona Diamondbacks right now. If you're a fan, you've gotta like the team's young offensive core -- Mark Reynolds, Justin Upton, Stephen Drew, and Chris Young still haven't even hit their primes yet -- a ... More >>

Play Ball Already

Oh, we waited so long

D-Backs Spank Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 as Yusmeiro Petit Nearly Nails a No-Hitter

Turnaround, thy name is Yusmeiro Petit.​ Baseball loves a good old-fashioned turnaround, whether it's the Tampa Bay Rays going from worst to first last season, or the Detroit Tigers' surprising come-from-behind win over the Baltimore Orioles on Monday. Last night, Yusmeiro Petit became the s ... More >>

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 ... More >>

Just Hustle, Baby: Forgettable Arizona, New York Teams Could Get a Clue from the Miracle Mets

Forty years and one day ago, Cleon Jones was baseball's ultimate goat, but he -- and the Mets -- turned the negative into something Amazin'.​The 2009 New York Mets are more or less an afterthought. Despite their humongous payroll -- second only to the ever-profligate crosstown Yanks -- and the pr ... More >>

Eureka!

Miners strike gold with fans

Perfect Gamer

Even after catching the big unit's masterpiece, Robby Hammock still marvels that he's made it to the show.

Fields of Dreams

Think your kid could be the next Shea Hillenbrand or Curt Schilling? Hook him up with the major leaguers in metro Phoenix youth baseball.

Auction Figure

Comic-book mogul finally makes the big leagues

Flashes

From the week of April 1, 1999

Safari Tales

Forty years ago, the Valley's most exotic resort put Scottsdale on the tourist map

A MOJOR LEAGUE VETERAN

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH

BUY ME OUT FOR THE BALLPARK

IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT MORE THAN PEANUTS AND CRACKER JACK TO BUY THE LAND FOR THE DOWNTOWN STADIUM.

HARRY THE HOARSE

In Baseball, Some Seasons Live Forever

Wonderful Willie Smith shows Phoenix youths how to play the game