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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 >>

Arizona Diamondbacks in Reality TV Show Involving Doug Flutie Throwing Knuckleballs

The Arizona Diamondbacks are going to be part of an incredibly strange reality television show, in which old, former college quarterbacks compete to see who can throw the best knuckleball, and earn the chance to pitch for the D-backs in spring training.Imagine one of the contestants, 50-year-old Dou ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Trade for Peanuts as MLB Trade Deadline Passes

Despite several of the big-name players for the Arizona Diamondbacks being mentioned in trade rumors, the non-waiver trade deadline passed this afternoon, and they're still Diamondbacks.Instead, the D-backs opted to trade Yale-educated lefty Craig Breslow to the Boston Red Sox for reliever Matt Albe ... More >>

Andrew Jackson Jihad To Headline Trunk Space 8th Birthday Party

See also: Andrew Jackson Jihad's Sean Bonnette on Knife Man and Gawker In 2004, George "Dubya" Bush was president, we confirmed that there was water on Mars, the last Oldsmobile rolled off the production line, and the Boston Red Sox won the World Series for the first time since 1918. All of these e ... More >>

Don't Call It a Comeback

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 >>

Snakes Alive

Arizona Diamondbacks Force Game Four Against the Brewers

Arizona Diamondbacks Win Second "Game of the Year" in Three Nights

We hung in there last night as the Arizona Diamondbacks fell behind 5-1 to the lowly Houston Astros at Chase Field. Paul Goldschmidt home-run last night the stuff of legends​Memories of Tuesday night's classic comeback win over the `Stros (down 7-1 in that one) were fresh in our minds, as w ... More >>

Morning Poll: MLB All-Star Game Home Run Derby: Who's the Favorite?

​The best sluggers in Major League Baseball will gather tonight at Chase Field for the Home Run Derby portion of this year's MLB All-Star Game.Representing the National League will be Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder, who is coming into the contest with 22 home runs so far this seaso ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks: Our Ten Least Favorite Locals--and Why

Don't take this personally, guys (I'm sure you could give a hoot), but here's our least favorite D-Backs over the course of the team's eleven-year history.​1. ARMANDO REYNOSO--Was popular in the clubhouse, but the right-hander from Mexico drove us crazy during his 66 starts here by being the slowe ... More >>

MLB All-Star Game Ticket Strips to Go On Sale Tomorrow

ESPN.comHome of the 2011 All-Star Game​Ticket strips to this year's Major League Baseball All-Star Game and other All-Star Week events go on sale tomorrow for those of you who want to watch good baseball at Chase Field this summer. The strips include tickets to the All-Star Game on July 12, the S ... More >>

Oscar Party Edition: Dinner and a Movie

Sometimes literal, sometimes metaphorical, but always themed food for each film.​Staying in? We've got you covered -- both on the culinary and entertainment fronts. Now presenting Dinner and a Movie -- a guide to a do it yourself evening of food and film. For many of us film and food nerds, Oscar ... More >>

Phoenix/Scottsdale Among Country's "Rudest Cities"

www.flyingcart.com​It seems certain Valley residents need to watch their manners -- according to a recent survey, people from Phoenix and Scottsdale are among the rudest in the entire country.The survey, conducted by Travel and Leisure Magazine, ranks Phoenix/Scottsdale No. 12 on its list of ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Sonoran Trash and What's for Dinner

Food Network's 24 Hour Restaurant Battle Is an Eternity of Boring

​Dreams are awesome. Especially the ones with zombies and double rainbows (oh my God!), but what about the waking dreams we have for our lives? Losing weight, running a marathon, starting a business. Those are cool, too. And for the most part, they take planning. Which is why Food Network's new ... 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 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 Offense Lacking in Franchise-Record 12th-Straight Road Loss

boards.ign.com Justin Upton​For the second time in as many nights, the D-Backs offense just wasn't good enough. After scoring three runs in last night's 6-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox, the stagnant Snakes offense only mustered a pair of runs Wednesday night. Quite simply, it wasn't en ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Woes Continue With Eleventh Straight Road Loss

diamondbacks.scout.com Chris Young​The Arizona Diamondbacks should take notes from the Boston Red Sox on how to win a baseball game. The formula is a simple one: score early and often, then let the bullpen seal the deal. The Red Sox followed this method to perfection Tuesday night as the d ... 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 >>

Lucky Shot

D-backs take on some unfortunate foes

Arizona Diamondbacks' Ticket Prices Cheapest in Baseball

​For the fourth straight year the Arizona Diamondbacks have the least expensive average ticket prices in all of Major League Baseball, according to a study by Team Marketing Report.If you ask us, we'd be willing to pay a few bucks extra if the team would use the money to get itself a decent bullpe ... More >>

Massachusetts Senate Hopeful Calls Former D-backs Ace and Boston Redsox Hero a Yankee Fan

​The Democratic candidate to fill Ted Kennedy's vacant Massachusetts Senate seat made one of the biggest errors a Boston-area politico could make last week: She called Curt Schilling a Yankees fan.On the radio show Nightside with Dan Rea, Massachusetts Senate hopeful Martha Coakley inexplicably cl ... More >>

10 Music Documentaries You Should See, Pop Music Takes Over Broadway, New Magnetic Fields

Electric Mustache: 10 Music Documentaries You Really Should SeeElectric Mustache: Turn Back O Man @ Local First Festival 11/7/09Idolator: Fergie Calls Kanye West "Gay Friendly" (But Not a Gay Fish)Idolator: Eat It, 'Les Miz': Pop Music Takes Over BroadwayNME: Steven Tyler onstage with Joe Perry: 'I' ... More >>

Bill Simmons

Fox Sports Uses Ted Williams' Alcor-Frozen Head to Predict Playoffs

www.myspace.com Ted Williams had his head severed and frozen when he died in 2002​The frozen head of Ted Williams made headlines again last week when a new book claims lab technicians at Scottsdale-based Alcor Life Extension Foundation used the Spendid Splinter's frozen head as a baseball a ... More >>

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 e ... More >>

Alcor Officials Deny Claims in Book that Employees Used Ted Williams' Head Like a Baseball

www.mlb.com Ted Williams​ Scottsdale-based Alcor Life Extension Foundation released an official statement this afternoon in response to claims by a former employee that the frozen head of Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams was tossed around like, well, a baseball, while lab technician ... More >>

D-Backs 2010 Schedule Released; the Yanks Are Coming to Town

www.yankees2000.com​After a pathetic showing in the '09 season, most D-backs fans would probably prefer that the lovable losers not play anyone next season, let alone the soon to be World Series Champion New York Yankees.Unfortunately for Phoenicians who don't just go to Chase Field when the ... More >>

Underachieving D-Backs Take on Confounding KC Kids Tonight in BBQ Town

Ace high: The Royals' Zack Greinke is third in the bigs in ERA.Unlike football (Arizona Cardinals) and basketball (Orlando Magic), Major League Baseball is stingy with its surprises. Sure, the perennial-doormat Tampa Bay Rays made it to the promised land last year, but that was the rare except ... More >>

Attention Choppers

Your beloved Braves ain’t what they used to be

Weezer Reveals Tour Locations...Sort Of

Dropkick Murphys hit the Marquee on Monday

Coyote Ugly

Boneheaded mutts host NHL’s top dogs

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, June 28, 2007

'06 Pandemic Poll - Tyler King installment

For Love of the Game

The Farrelly brothers swing straight and hit the sweet spot

Titillating Pixels

Tabb gets an eyeful of foxy video-game characters

The Curse of the Cursed

The Cubs dream of ending their jinx -- again

The Hustle

Celluloid pimps troll for distribution at Sundance

Step Brothers

Alpha Phi Alpha hosts the Pharaoh Step Classic

Those Bloody Red Sox

Curt Schilling putts for charity

Delux and De-lovely

Great grub to be had while soccer moms snooze

BEST PLACE TO BE A YANKEES HATER

Foster's Seafood

Big Scam Theory

Downtown Phoenix has always had its high points, but the Civic Center boondoggle isn't one of them

Letters

From the week of November 15–21, 2001

Fine Arts

Public access show provides a cornucopia of rare and eye-opening footage

THE BASEBALL STRIKE: AS BORING AS IT IS STUPID

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