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World Series

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2012

    Opening Day Poll: Will the Arizona Diamondbacks Be a World Series Contender?

    It's officially baseball season for the Arizona Diamondbacks starting at 4 p.m. today, as the Snakes start a three-game series against the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field.The D'Backs won the National League West division title last year, but lost in five games against the Milwaukee Brewers in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    September 29, 2011

    Legends of the Fall

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    September 29, 2011

    Snakes Alive

    Arizona Diamondbacks Force Game Four Against the Brewers

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Arizona Diamondbacks Win National League West Title

    ​It's official: The Arizona Diamondbacks are going to the playoffs. Kirk Gibson's squad grabbed ahold of the National League West crown tonight after a hard-fought 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field. And, in what has become the norm for Arizona this season, it was a come-fr ... More >>

  • Film

    September 22, 2011

    The Formulas Work in Moneyball

    ​It's official: The Arizona Diamondbacks are going to the playoffs. Kirk Gibson's squad grabbed ahold of the National League West crown tonight after a hard-fought 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field. And, in what has become the norm for Arizona this season, it was a come-fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Arizona Diamondbacks Playoff Tickets Available Starting Tomorrow Morning

    ​Attention all fair-weather sports fans, Johnny-come-latelys, and bandwagon riders: Arizona Diamondbacks playoff tickets are up for sale starting tomorrow morning. Even though you probably didn't start following the team until they began dominating their division in June, now's your chance to ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 15, 2011

    Passing the Buccos

    ​Attention all fair-weather sports fans, Johnny-come-latelys, and bandwagon riders: Arizona Diamondbacks playoff tickets are up for sale starting tomorrow morning. Even though you probably didn't start following the team until they began dominating their division in June, now's your chance to ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 8, 2011

    Diamond Anniversary

    ​Attention all fair-weather sports fans, Johnny-come-latelys, and bandwagon riders: Arizona Diamondbacks playoff tickets are up for sale starting tomorrow morning. Even though you probably didn't start following the team until they began dominating their division in June, now's your chance to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Morning Poll: Is MLB All-Star Game More Entertaining Now That it Kinda Matters?

    Who Cares? Teams that make it to the World Series, that's who.​Prior to 2003, the Major League Baseball All-Star Game meant literally nothing as far as the regular and post seasons go. If nothing else, it was just an opportunity for the league's best players to get hurt in a game that did nothing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Arizona Diamondbacks: Memories Good and Bad

    Another list for you folks to mull over as the All-Star break nears and Phoenix gets ready to host Tuesday night's game at Chase Field--this one (as the others) is obviously utterly subjective and subject to debate/dispute.   The horror! The horror! Game 5, 2001 World Series....​We pul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Baseball "Moving Inexorably" Toward Mediocrity, 10-Team Playoffs, Per Bud Selig

    Crooks and Liars Bud Selig: Businessman.​There's only one October in baseball, and it's followed by November. The month of December comes afterward.   No, we're not re-writing Rebecca Black's drizzling Friday. We're talking about the playoffs, and Major League Baseball's insistence th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Kirk Gibson to Auction Off Home Run Bat -- Yeah, That Home Run Bat

    www.toptenz.com The home run.​Baseball great Kirk Gibson, who recently shed the "interim" from his title of Arizona Diamondbacks interim-manager, is auctioning off a piece of baseball history.Gibson announced today that he will auction off the bat he used to hit a home run in game one ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 8, 2010

    The Parent Trap

    www.toptenz.com The home run.​Baseball great Kirk Gibson, who recently shed the "interim" from his title of Arizona Diamondbacks interim-manager, is auctioning off a piece of baseball history.Gibson announced today that he will auction off the bat he used to hit a home run in game one ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    John McCain Gets Endorsed by Former Arizona Diamondbacks Outfielder Luis Gonzalez

    www.thatswhatimsayingguy.com Arizona Diamondbacks slugger Luis Gonzalez​In celebration of the beginning of baseball season, Senator John McCain announced today that he has the support of former Arizona Diamondbacks slugger Luis Gonzalez in his bid to fend off J.D. Hayworth, his Republican U ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    How the Hell Did the Arizona D-Backs Beat Mariano Rivera?

    The greatest moment in the Valley's sports history happened eight years ago last night in downtown Phoenix, when the Arizona Diamondbacks scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth of the ultimate game of the World Series to upset the mighty New York Yankees. ​Memories of the remarkable eve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    Hot Links: Forest Squatters, MSCO Officer Busted, and SkySong

    ​Dunlap Avenue reopened this morning, after being closed for 12 hours following a serious accident involving a Phoenix fire truck. The truck was near I-17 and Dunlap, en route to a fire, with lights flashing and sirens blaring, when a car heading north on the frontage road plowed into it. The truc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 6, 2009

    Start Spreadin' the Boos

    Far-from-miraculous Mets take on soporific Snakes

  • Blogs

    July 28, 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 watc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2008

    Hot Links: McCain Camp Claims They'll Take Arizona, Phillies Win World Series, Napolitano Stumps for Obama in Ohio, More Miley Cyrus Racy Pics on the Way.

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    October 30, 2008

    The Final Countdown

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    October 30, 2008

    Arizona Fall League Baseball

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    October 30, 2008

    Must See Mondays Speaker Series: Pedro Gomez

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    April 24, 2008

    Fair Weather Fools

    C’mon, folks. We have a winner in town. Remember?

  • News

    October 4, 2007

    Snakes Rattle and Roll

    They made it into October. Can José Valverde and the Baby Backs close the deal?

  • News

    May 5, 2005

    Valley of the Suns

    The Barkley-dominated Suns had a stranglehold on us. Team Nash is better. Let's go crazy!

  • Film

    April 7, 2005

    For Love of the Game

    The Farrelly brothers swing straight and hit the sweet spot

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2005

    Come 'Backs

    Poisonous vipers face small, fuzzy bears

  • Calendar

    November 11, 2004

    Those Bloody Red Sox

    Curt Schilling putts for charity

  • News

    September 9, 2004

    Please, It's About Time!

    It's great that Colangelo's been dumped. Now real players are taking over.

  • News

    March 11, 2004

    Colangelo Gets His

    Not that you'd know it from reading the cheerleading Republic, but the Godfather's been, uh, demoted

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2003

    Milky Way

    Milk cartons skim Town Lake

  • News

    October 10, 2002

    A Fan for All Seasons

    The fans gave up even before the Diamondbacks did.

  • News

    January 10, 2002

    Spiked

    The Republic's getting more like the New York Times every day

  • News

    November 22, 2001

    Letters

    From the week of November 22, 2001

  • News

    November 15, 2001

    Ballpark Bailout

    County poised to give Diamondbacks $6 million on Monday

  • News

    November 15, 2001

    Letters

    From the week of November 15–21, 2001

  • News

    November 8, 2001

    Rookie of the Year

    Hunches almost sunk Bob Brenly. But in the end, they defined his legacy.

  • News

    November 8, 2001

    Letters

    From the week of November 8–14, 2001

  • News

    November 8, 2001

    Ticket to Raid

    Their World Series tickets still unaccounted for, county supervisors try to shut out criticism

  • News

    November 1, 2001

    Suite and Low

    United Way loses thousands as county pols snag its World Series seats

  • News

    November 1, 2001

    Winning at any Cost

    How the Diamondbacks used huge debts to level the playing field of pro baseball.

  • News

    November 24, 1994

    A MOJOR LEAGUE VETERAN

    How the Diamondbacks used huge debts to level the playing field of pro baseball.

  • News

    August 18, 1994

    THE BASEBALL STRIKE: AS BORING AS IT IS STUPID

    How the Diamondbacks used huge debts to level the playing field of pro baseball.

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