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A New York-based research group called Justice Strategies files a report calling Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's system for cracking down on illegal immigration a failure. They're not the first...A recent study examines retail closures in 65 metro markets, and Phoenix tops the list of distresse ... More >>
Eric Byrnes' hamstrings might be a key to this year's NL West race.Mark Reynolds has a giant black hole in his swing, and one that's almost as big in his mitt. Eric Byrnes has a couple of cut-rate hammies. Chad Qualls is a 6-foot-5 question mark. The Arizona Diamondbacks face numerous issues ... More >>
Mr. Bungle: Tony Peña helped screw the D-Backs in the eighth last night. One single out. Just three little strikes. That's all the Arizona Diamondbacks bullpen -- or more specifically, Tony Peña -- needed to protect a five-run lead with two away in the bottom of the eighth versus the Los Angeles ... More >>
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 Hirok ... More >>
Boos from a two-thirds-empty Chase Field rained down upon the once-beloved Eric Byrnes as he walked to the plate in the fourth inning Wednesday afternoon in the rubber game and series finale 9-2 loss against the Colorado Rockies.Eric Byrnes is struggling early.Byrnes, who wowed Arizona fans in 2007 ... More >>
www.mlb.comConor Jackson was one of the heroes of last night's game.It'd been almost nine long months since Conor Jackson hit a home run for the Arizona Diamondbacks, with the left fielder's last moon shot coming way back in July against the San Francisco Giants. But Co-Jack's homer dry spell ende ... More >>
After a dramatic extra-inning win on Tuesday night, the Arizona Diamondbacks came out swinging on Wednesday afternoon in the series finale and homestand-closing game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Unfortunately, for every bit of goodwill the D-Backs generated Wednesday, they took a step back ... More >>
After a dramatic extra-inning win on Tuesday night, the Arizona Diamondbacks came out swinging on Wednesday afternoon in the series finale and homestand-closing game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Unfortunately, for every bit of goodwill the D-Backs generated Wednesday, they took a step back ... More >>
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 inf ... More >>
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. Espec ... More >>
Sports fans, particularly baseball fans, love to play "What If?" So, what if Brandon Webb were not stuck on the disabled list for the first month (and, perhaps, two months) of the season? What if? Would the D-Backs be keeping pace with the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers as we slide into ... More >>
Jon Garland: Outdueled one the NL's best in Jake Peavy.If you're an Arizona Diamondbacks fan, you're looking to the future already, drooling perhaps at the notion of Justin "The Franchise" Upton becoming a perennial All-Star, hitting 40 homers, stealing 30 bases, hitting .315. It can happen. ... More >>
Jon Garland picked up a nice win last night in rainy Florida.Guess time off did the Arizona Diamondbacks some good. After spending the last few days watching torrential rain postpone a couple games, the D-Backs came out swinging in a 5-3 win over the Florida Marlins on Tuesday night, foll ... More >>
www.mlb.com Justin Upton: The future is now.No one's going to confuse the Arizona Diamondbacks with a contender just yet, but at least the retooled lineup of new manager A.J. Hinch is starting to make some noise. In a marathon day of baseball on Wednesday in Miami, the Snakes scored 17 runs a ... More >>
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 c ... More >>
Max Scherzer struck out seven in an impressive effort last night. Chris Young has come up with a few big catches this season, but none of 'em were as clutch as his game-ending nab that sealed the Arizona Diamondbacks' 6-5 victory over San Diego last night at Chase Field, snuffing out the Padre's 1 ... More >>
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 ... More >>
www.dbacks.comOur faces would look like that too if we'd given up 13 hits like Billy Buckner did last night. Billy Buckner probably wishes he could take back a few pitches from last night's 9-4 loss to San Francisco, with an 89 M.P.H. four-seamer to Pablo Sandoval during the fifth inning being chie ... More >>
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 Upto ... More >>
Dan Haren: The NL's best starting pitcher.One step forward, two steps back. That was the story of the Arizona Diamondbacks' three-game weekend series against the Houston Astros. In Friday night's 8-1 win, the D-Backs played what might have been their best all-around game of the year. In Saturday's a ... More >>
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. ... More >>
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 ... More >>
Mark Reynolds: Two homers and RBI in the D-Backs' 12th-inning loss. Mark Reynolds hit two home runs and drove in four runs on Thursday night, including a game-tying two-run shot in the eighth inning, but it wasn't enough for the Arizona Diamondbacks as the Texas Rangers took the series followi ... More >>
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 Tuesd ... More >>
Arizona's Dan Haren nailed his first career homer in last night's win. Following Sunday's debacle against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, the best things that could have happened to the Arizona Diamondbacks occurred on Monday night: They got the heck out of this town and they started Dan Ha ... More >>
Mark Reynolds: He should be an All-Star.The most valuable slugger on the Arizona Diamondbacks this season is not going to play in the All-Star Game in St. Louis next week -- not yet, anyway. The fans still have an opportunity to vote Mark Reynolds to be the final player named to the National League ... More >>
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 Migue ... More >>
Dan Haren: Another step closer to a Cy Young award?The Arizona Diamondbacks started the second half of the season just as they played most of the first half: on the losing side of a series. And true to form, it was all-pitch/no-hit this weekend in St. Louis. Each of the Diamondbacks' three sta ... More >>
Felipe Lopez: Shipped to the Brew Crew.As if it weren't painfully obvious as they muddle through the 2009 season, the non-contending Arizona Diamondbacks are sellers, not buyers, on the trade market this July. So, after Sunday's loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, the D-Backs shipped leadoff hitter and ... More >>
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 ... More >>
Max Scherzer showed off his Pirate-killing skills in yesterday's 9-0 blowout. Max Scherzer might as well start calling himself Jack Sparrow, since the Diamondbacks pitcher was cutting down Pirates left and right during yesterday's 9-0 shutout over Pittsburgh at Chase Field. Instead of using ye ... More >>
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 watc ... More >>
Jon Garland: Stays put with the D-Backs, then tosses a complete game.Friday's trading deadline came and went with neither Doug Davis nor Jon Garland being shipped by the Arizona Diamondbacks to teams in contention for a playoff spot. So the two veteran pitchers turned in solid performances this w ... More >>
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 >>
Justin Upton: Injured in the eighth inning. Another setback for the D-Backs?The Arizona Diamondbacks are a talented team that has underachieved all season. Now, with less than a third of the season left to play, they are starting to play like a team with something to prove. Sure, it's a case of " ... More >>
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 outfi ... More >>
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 ... More >>
Max Scherzer let a pitch -- and the game -- get away in Atlanta.For you Diamondbacks completists, May 17 is now officially in the books. For D-Backs faithful, it was hardly worth the wait. In a rain-delay makeup game against the Braves at Atlanta's Turner Field this afternoon, D-Backs ... More >>
Ryan Roberts: He went 4-for-5 Sunday.The Arizona Diamondbacks are taking a real beating on their current road trip, losing seven in a row before snapping that streak on Sunday with a 7-5 win over the Houston Astros. During the streak, the offensive achieved levels of futility -- an average of two ... More >>
Mark Reynolds: Ripped his 39th homer Thursday.Mark Reynolds returned to the Arizona Diamondbacks' lineup on Thursday night after a weeklong bout with the flu and provided instant offense for a team that had been struggling big-time recently. The same could be said for Justin Upton, who was only i ... More >>
Mark Reynolds: Welcome to the 40-homer club.With their lineup back at full-strength, the Arizona Diamondbacks looked -- for a weekend, at least -- like a team that could be dangerous in September. Against the reeling Houston Astros, the hitters hit well and the pitchers pitched well and everyone ... More >>
Max Scherzer: Dominates the Dodgers.Max Scherzer had what may have been the best outing of his young career Wednesday night as he beat the Los Angeles Dodgers and one of the better pitchers in the National League, Chad Billingsley, 4-1. Mad Max, a pitcher with incredible stuff but frequent bouts ... More >>
Billy Buckner allowed only one run and five hits in seven innings against Los Angeles.Billy Buckner finally got a real taste of what it's like to be a pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks this season after last night's 5-4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Much like fellow starters Dan Haren and Doug ... More >>
Dan Haren: Nine more strikeouts, but no decision.By playing a solid nine innings of baseball Wednesday night, the Arizona Diamondbacks helped keep the race to win the National League West an interesting one. In their 4-3 win against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Chase Field, Dan Haren was exce ... More >>
The Milwaukee Brewers manhandled Doug Davis on Friday night.It's official: Mark Reynolds, Justin Upton, and the rest of your 2009 Arizona Diamondbacks won't have a shot at this year's Fall Classic. While said factoid has pretty much been a forgone conclusion since like, uh, May, it didn't become set ... More >>
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 ... More >>
Eric Byrnes got his mojo working last night in San Diego. As far as Eric Byrnes is concerned, 2009 has been the "year of the goat." The 33-year-old left fielder has been consistently railed on by fans and sports wags over the bulk of the last two seasons for his incompetent ballpl ... More >>
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 >>
www.bestsportsphotos.com Chris YoungWhen the State Farm Home Run Derby kicks off tonight, there will be five first-timers in Anaheim. One of them is D-Backs centerfielder Chris Young, who is making his first All-Star appearance. Surprisingly, Young isn't even the long ball leader on his o ... More >>
Mabel Bink's been found! United States Postal Service officials confirm to New Times that the cremated remains of the 89-year-old Bink have been recovered and are back with her family in Chicago."She's back home," USPS spokesman Mark Reynolds tells New Times.In short, Bink, a now-former Phoenix r ... More >>
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