Milwaukee Brewers

Bauer Debuts, Diamondbacks Avoid Getting Swept in Atlanta

Finally something for Dbacks fans to shake their rattles about. Highly anticipated right-handed pitcher, Trevor Bauer, made his major league debut throwing a total 74 pitches through just four innings. Despite all the hype, Bauer struggled to find the zone in the second half of his outing; he says ... More >>

Change of Base

Don't Call It a Comeback

Game of Throws

Where to Eat and Drink Near Maryvale Baseball Park

Milwaukee Brewers: Maryvale Baseball Park While the atmosphere at this stadium is decidedly fan-friendly and flowing with Miller beer, the food offerings are strictly no-frills. And with mostly chain and fast food restaurants within sight of the ballpark, fans should plan a short drive to pre- and ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Lose An Extra-Innings Nailbiter to Milwaukee Brewers in Game Five to End Their Dream Season

​The Cinderella season of the Arizona Diamondbacks has sadly come to an end. The clock has finally struck midnight as the Milwaukee Brewers won 3-2 in 10 innings during the deciding Game Five of the NLDS this afternoon.The D-Backs didn't go quietly as it was a wild roller coaster of a game. They b ... More >>

Diamondbacks Force Deciding Game By Bashing Brewers 10-6 At Chase!

So it's come down to this--a fifth and deciding game tomorrow afternoon for the upstart Arizona Diamondbacks in what has become a humdinger of a a first-round playoff series against the Milwaukee Brewers.​Last night's 10-6 win seemed closer than the final score indicates, with neither team able to ... More >>

Will the Arizona Diamondbacks Win Next Two Games to Beat the Brew-Crew in NLDS?

​The Arizona Diamondbacks are down, but they're not out.Trailing the Milwaukee Brewers two games to none in the National League Division Series, the Snakes thumped the Brewers 8-1 last night, with an exclamation point in the form of a Paul Goldschmidt grand slam in the fifth inning (the rooki ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks in 0-2 Hole After Weekend in Milwaukee

When the Arizona Diamondbacks return to Chase Field on Tuesday for Game Three of the National League Division Series, it will be a do-or-die situation after a disappointing weekend in Milwaukee. While every other team in the 2011 playoffs split over the weekend, the D-Backs were swept and now find t ... More >>

D-Backs Ride To the Playoffs #8--Wily Mo Peña Bomb Bests Tigers in Detroit, June 24

​Yeah, we know that the 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks are but one game from extinction at the hands of the formidable Milwaukee Brewers. But it ain't over yet--and, besides, it was a blast getting here. Back on June 24, in a seesaw battle up in Detroit, the D-Backs somehow snuck past the Tigers by a s ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Ride To 2011 Playoffs #9--Another Big Comeback Win On Road, This Time Over Milwaukee Brewers

It was a sellout at Miller Park in Milwaukee (same as it was in the first two games of the ongoing National League playoffs) on a beautiful Fourth of July. The Brewers were cruising, up 6-1 after the fourth inning. But this was becoming a special D-Backs team. Over the next several innings, Arizona ... More >>

Arizona D-Backs Wild Ride to the Playoffs, #11--Upton Gets `Revenge' on Prince Fielder Snub, July 21

​A few weeks earlier, Milwaukee's power-hitting first-baseman Prince Fielder chose not to pick the D-Backs' Justin Upton for the All-Star Home Run Derby in Phoenix, which pissed off a lot of Arizona fans. Though Upton publicly took the high road, it surely had to bother him, and he took it out on ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks' Wacky Ride to the Playoffs--We're Taking A Break For Now But More Coming Soon As Series Vs Brewers Looms

We'll take a break now from our paean to the Arizona Diamondbacks successes in the 2011 season to get back to our regular gig digging up dirt and what-have-you.​Will add five more tomorrow as the D-Backs open their best-of-five series against the Milwaukee Brewers in Wisconsin.

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 >>

Legends of the Fall

Snakes Alive

Arizona Diamondbacks Force Game Four Against the Brewers

Arizona Diamondbacks Score Six in Bottom of 10th to Stun Los Angeles Dodgers, Keep Hope Alive for Number Two Seed in Playoffs

​Ryan Roberts hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 10th inning Tuesday night at Chase Field to keep the Arizona Diamondbacks in the hunt for home-field advantage in the first round the National League Division Series, which starts Saturday. The 7-6 win was the D-Backs' league-leading 48 ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Lose 4-2 to Los Angeles Dodgers as Justin Upton Takes the Night Off

mlb.com/dbacksDaniel Hudson got roughed up by the Los Angeles Dodgers for three runs last night.​If the Arizona Diamondbacks have any hope of surviving the upcoming postseason, they're got to be firing on all cylinders. That includes displaying the sort of stellar pitching that got them to th ... More >>

Diamondbacks Drop Second Straight to Brewers, This One in 10 Innings

Associated PressStephen Drew: Out for the year after fracturing his ankle on this slide.​Arizona Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson threw a rookie reliever making his major-league debut to the wolves on Wednesday night. As you might expect, it cost the D-Backs the game and a chance to gain groun ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Fan is the Nicest Kid Ever *VIDEO*

This is what happened at Wednesday night's D-Backs game. A kid named Ian had a ball tossed to him by a member of the Milwaukee Brewers. A younger kid -- a Brewers fan -- was in tears because he caught and then dropped the ball before it was given to Ian. Ian, recognizing the kid's anguish, gave hi ... More >>

Arizona D-Backs Kegged By Milwaukee Brewers At Chase Last Night

One thing for certain: If Milwaukee Brewers' outfielder Ryan Braun played in a larger media market, say New York City, he would be one of baseball's biggest superstars.Maybe things will be better tonight for the home boys​Braun hit one of Milwaukee's five home runs last night as the visitors from ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Start Second Half With Series Win Over Los Angeles Dodgers

mlb.com/dbacksDaniel Hudson was truly pimp against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.​Daniel Hudson most certainly earned his pay yesterday, and then some. The 24-year-old right-hander for the Arizona Diamondbacks not only pitched a complete game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday afternoon ... 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 >>

Diamondbacks Go 2-2 Over the Holiday Weekend; Justin Upton Named to NL All-Star Team

Justin Upton is going to the All-Star Game.​The Arizona Diamondbacks' one legitimate superstar-in-the-making was rightfully named to the National League All-Star team as a reserve on Sunday, the same day his team salvaged a win against the Oakland Athletics in the D-Backs' final interleague ga ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Show Gumption in Rare Comeback Road Win Over Milwaukee Brewers

The Arizona Diamondbacks repeatedly have flopped on the road this season, proving time and again the old adage attributed to Yogi Berra that a game ain't over until it's over. ​ But last night's game in Milwaukee against the Brewers didn't fit the ongoing narrative. First of all, Arizona s ... More >>

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Arizona Diamondbacks Hit Season Low As Phoenix Suns Soar

Obviously, both a glorious and gruesome weekend for Phoenix's professional basketball and baseball teams, respectively. ​ Alas, our task here is not to recount the Suns sweep of the Spurs in a memorable one-eyed effort by one Steve Nash.  No, we are here to report on the absolutely mis ... More >>

Dan Haren Pitches a Complete Game in Win Over Astros; Tonight: Brewers at Chase Field

Dan Haren: First complete game of the season.​The Arizona Diamondbacks come home tonight to face the Milwaukee Brewers feeling pretty good about themselves. Why? They just wrapped up the season's longest road trip, an 11-gamer, with an acceptable 6-5 record. The D-Backs punctuated it Thursday nigh ... More >>

Spring Training Guide to 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, Reds fans, there's nothin' here for you unless your boys happen to play against the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers, or the Cubs) ... 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 Diamondbacks, the Dodgers, or the Cubs): ... More >>

Spring Training Guide to 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, Reds fans, there's nothin' here for you unless your boys happen to play against the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers, or the Cubs):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 happen to play against the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers, or the Cubs):Ar ... 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 >>

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:

D-Backs Easily Swept By Milwaukee Brewers in Weekend Series, Having Lost 10 of Their Last 12. Next Up: San Diego

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 >>

Snake Oil and Swine Tarts: D-Backs/Brewers, a Series Only a No. 1 Fanatic Could Love

Milwaukee's Stay Puft Marshallow Man (a.k.a. Prince Fielder) A few weeks back, we were chortling while listening to the wildly optimistic worldview of Arizona Diamondbacks president/CEO Derrick Hall on one of the morning talk shows. Hall's team may be bad, but dude's an ace. He's the sort o ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Milwaukee Brewers

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 ... More >>

D-Backs Trade Leadoff Man Felipe Lopez

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 >>

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 pitch ... More >>

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 oc ... More >>

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 dru ... More >>

Doug Davis is Lights-Out as D-Backs Wallop Cubs in Series Finale

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 >>

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