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Jessica Simpson to play at Chase Field following September 13 game versus the Reds - Phoenix - Price of admission to D-backs Game | AZ Vibe - The Ultimate Phoenix Entertainment Resource
That’s right folks Jessica Simpson will be playing at Chase Field following the Arizona Diamondbacks game versus the Cincinatti Reds.  Game time is 5:15 PM on September 13.  Ms Simpson is promoting her new country album Did you Know will be released on September 9th.  Be the first to see Jessica Simpson sing songs off her new country album.  The concert is included in the price of admission to the Diamondbacks game on September 13th. Tickets can be purchased through the Arizona Diamonbacks we...   [read the full post]

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Past Two Weeks

 

Rate 2010 Fantasy Baseball Big Board: Players Ranked 21-30

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Sat, Jan 30

By Matthew Beck 21.  Mark Reynolds-3B Arizona Diamondbacks 23.  Jacoby Ellsbury-OF Boston Red Sox 24.  Jason Bay-OF New York Mets 26.  Ichiro Suzuki-OF Seattle Mariners 27.  C.C. Sabathia-SP New York Yankees 29.  Jose Reyes-SS New York Mets 30.  Aaron Hill-2B Toronto Blue Jays

Rate Justin Upton: Chat Recap

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Sat, Jan 30

By Jeff Summers Hopefully, he can overcome that fear of snakes, at least, of the Diamondbacks variety. Kudos to the EastBay and the Adidas representatives for offering this opportunity to the fans. Not only did the fans get a unique chance to speak to a major league baseball player and ask any question that...

Rate INSIDE PITCH

Original at FOXSports.com News for Diamondbacks external link    Fri, Jan 29

Ian Kennedy will enter the 2010 season in some unfamiliar places -- in Phoenix, and in the rotation. He is embracing both the changes. Kennedy has a secure hold on the Diamondbacks' No. 4 starter job behind Brandon Webb, Dan Haren and Edwin Jackson. A rotation role was never guaranteed in his pr...

Rate FILE - In this March 20, 2009, file photo, Arizona Diamondbacks&...

Original at Yahoo! Sports external link    Fri, Jan 29

FILE - In this March 20, 2009, file photo, Arizona Diamondbacks' Eric Byrnes(notes) bats against the Los Angeles Angels in a spring training baseball game in Tempe, Ariz. The Mariners added a right-handed bat, agreeing to a one-year contract with outfielder Eric Byrnes.

Rate Arizona Diamondbacks Prospect Jarrod Parker Listed Among 50 Best

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Fri, Jan 29

By Jeff Summers After a well-deserved off-season break, he would enter Spring Training 2010 with an opportunity to earn a spot in the Diamondbacks rotation. That might be just what the Diamondbacks need if staff ace Brandon Webb departs in free agency as predicted.

Rate PECOTA Picks Dodgers To Win NL West; Why Even Play The Games At This Point

Original at Sons of Steve Garvey external link    Thu, Jan 28

By Steve Sax(noreply@blogger.com) According to Baseball Prospectus' wacky PECOTA projection machines, the Dodgers will win the 2010 NL West with a 87-75 record, two games ahead of the Diamondbacks. The Snakes will tie with the Braves for the Wild Card. The NL West's Giants will finish third at .500, with the Rockies and Padre...

Past Month

 

Rate Top D-backs Prospects: Raw Position Players

Original at Scout.com > MLB > Arizona external link    Tue, Jan 26

By Keith Glab Not only did the Arizona Diamondbacks have a plethora of high draft picks this year, but they also secured some top-notch, hard-to-sign high school talent in the middle rounds that is oozing with potential. The result is a bevy of players who could rank very high next year despite underwhe...

Rate Starting Rotation: National League West

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Sat, Jan 23

By Adam Bernacchio Colorado Rockies 2. Aaron Cook, RHP San Francisco Giants 1. Tim Lincecum, RHP 2. Matt Cain, RHP 3. Barry Zito, LHP Los Angeles Dodgers Arizona Diamondbacks 1. Dan Haren, RHP 2. Brandon Webb, RHP 5. Ian Kennedy, RHP San Diego Padres 1. Chris Young, RHP 4. Mat Latos, RHP 5. Tim Stauffer, RHP

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Original at FOXSports.com News for Diamondbacks external link    Fri, Jan 22

The Diamondbacks have taken heat over the perception that they wasted money on outfielder Eric Byrnes, who signed a three-year, $30 million contract extension in early September 2007. He was designated for assignment on Jan. 15 with $11 million remaining on his deal, and he was subsequen...

Rate The pros and cons of a Snyder deal

Original at azcentral.com external link    Wed, Jan 20

After the New York Mets officially lost out on Bengie Molina yesterday, our first thought was this: Maybe Chris Snyder would be a good fit? As for his health, Snyder has been hitting at Chase Field recently and two people we’ve spoken to who have seen him lately -- ...

Rate Starting Nine: National League West

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Fri, Jan 15

By Adam Bernacchio Colorado Rockies 7. Chris Iannetta, C San Francisco Giants Los Angeles Dodgers Arizona Diamondbacks 2. Stephen Drew, SS 3. Justin Upton, RF 4. Mark Reynolds, 3B 6. Conor Jackson, LF 7. Miguel Montero, C 8. Kelly Johnson, 2B 8. Dan Haren, P San Diego Padres 9. Chris Young, P

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Original at FOXSports.com News for Diamondbacks external link    Fri, Jan 15

First baseman Adam LaRoche could have signed early in the free agency period when the Giants made him a two-year offer to become their starter. But LaRoche opted to wait and see how the market developed, and he is glad he did. He said he picked a one-year, $6 million deal from the Diamondbacks o...

Rate Way Too Early National League West Predictions

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Fri, Jan 15

By Andy Bensch With the news that the Arizona Diamondbacks have signed veteran first baseman Adam LaRoche, the opening day rosters for each team in the NL West look to be set. Well, for the most part. A couple teams are still looking for back-end of the rotation help as well as another arm to aid the bullpen. Fu...

December of 2009

 

Rate Arizona Diamondbacks Right To Sign Kelly Johnson

Original at MVN external link    Tue, Dec 29

By Tyler Hissey Like most baseball fans, I questioned the Arizona Diamondbacks’ return in the three-team blockbuster also involving the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees. While perhaps Ian Kennedy will find his way pitching in the inferior National League, I just did not get parting with Max Scherze...

Rate MLB Free Agent Market Might Force the San Francisco Giants' Hand (Yikes)

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Wed, Dec 16

By Andrew Nuschler The Los Angeles Dodgers seem to be imploding as the McCourt divorce gorges on all the positive energy from the club's postseason ride. The Arizona Diamondbacks traded away two scintillating young arms for exactly zero bats. Meanwhile, the San Diego Padres insanely appear to be trying to m...

Rate Diamondbacks show interest in Matt Capps, Kelly Johnson

Original at AZ Central.com external link    Mon, Dec 14    42 related articles

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Pittsburgh Post Gazette He probably would have made $3 million or more in arbitration had the Braves tendered him a contract. The Diamondbacks have had interest in Johnson before. ... Options Open Up After Non-Tender DeadlineBleacher Report all 20 news articles »

Year 2009

 

Rate Opinion: Diamondbacks' Link Dump

Original at AZ Snakepit external link    Fri, Oct 9

By Jim McLennan Almost two months left, but we appear to have a shoo-in winner of the "That is professional journalism?" category for 2009. Greg Hansen of the Arizona Daily Star demonstrates his lack of knowledge of...well, just about everything, in a sorry little piece which feels like he did nothing but co...

Rate Diamondbacks 5, Cubs 2: There never is any end to summer

Original at AZ Snakepit external link    Sun, Oct 4    16 related articles

By soco Miguel Montero would start things off in the top of the fourth with a single, and then be quickly moved to third with a Mark Reynolds double. The stage was set for the suddenly resurgent Chris Young, who picked out a three wood and drove a shot to left center, which would effectively be all the D...

Rate Colorado Rockies Win, Increase Wild Card Lead

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Sun, Sep 20

By David Martin The Rockies took the early lead on a Carlos Gonzalez home run to lead off the game, then added another run on Troy Tulowitzki's 29th home run of the season in the same inning. Everything looked like it was going to be a good night for the Rockies until starting pitcher Jason Hammel made his one m...

Rate Los Angeles Dodgers Stock Up For Stretch Run: Acquire Jim Thome And Jon Garland

Original at theghostofmoonlightgraham (WordPress) external link    Tue, Sep 1

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By Adam Bernacchio Late on Monday night and on the last day players can be traded and be eligible for the postseason, the Los Angeles Dodgers bolstered their starting rotation and bench by acquiring DH Jim Thome from the Chicago White Sox and RHP Jon Garland from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Rate Opinion: Commercial Breakdown

Original at AZ Snakepit external link    Sat, Aug 29

By Jim McLennan I've already rambled on far longer than I wanted to about this topic, though I could certainly go on a great deal further. Just to finish, throw a few random baseball-themed ones that can't go without mention. AFLAC duck: yeah, mostly lame but the one with Yogi Berra has to be one of the best adv...

Rate Podcast: The Diamondbacks midseason awards

Original at ktar.net external link    Tue, Jul 14

By Dave Burns 1st half D Back MVP: Justin Upton? Mark Reynolds? Josh Byrnes? Nope, Dan Haren takes the prize with his All-Star first half. Brandon Webb beats out Conor Jackson, Randy Johnson, Bob Melvin, Spring Training in Tucson, and Josh Byrnes’ bold preseason prediction “I think we can win the World...

Rate Opinion: Report: Melvin To Go By Morning

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Thu, May 7

By Jabber Head The Arizona Diamondbacks, who lost yet another road game this afternoon, 4-3 in 10 innings to the San Diego Padres, now need to get used to the talk that manager Bob Melvin will be fired.   As long as we continue to see the  Diamondbacks in their current state, there is no other option.  It...

Rate Colorado Rockies Review: Franklin Morales Exceeds Expectations, Offense Thrives

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Wed, Apr 8

By David Martin The Diamondbacks scored their second run in the ninth as Chris Young was hit by a pitch from Ryan Speier, he then took second base on defensive indifference then moved to third on a ground ball by Conor Jackson and scored on another ground ball by Mark Reynolds.

Rate Which NL West Team Has the Spiciest Rotation?

Original at Sons of Steve Garvey external link    Wed, Apr 1

By Steve Sax(noreply@blogger.com) Diamondbacks: Brandon Webb may be nails, and Dan Haren is still pretty solid like a packed Barbacoa burrito. But after that, the rotation falls off pretty fast. Jon Garland has a pretty bland arsenal and Max Scherzer might not have enough punch to become a breakthrough contributor. Spicy me...

Rate Podcast: Lottery balls …

Original at ktar.net external link    Thu, Feb 26

By Dave Burns At Houston Burnsy was live in Tucson once again, and once again we were joined by a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks: starting pitcher Dan Haren.  Haren will be on the mound tomorrow in Goodyear, but will not be on the mound in the WBC this spring.  It’s not from a lack of offers, in fact he [...]

Year 2008

 

Rate Opinion: NL West 2nd Round Picks: Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks, 2000-2008

Original at purplerow.com external link    Mon, Dec 29

By Russ Colorado Rockies: Arizona Diamondbacks: 2006 - Brett Anderson, LHP, Oklahoma HS - The other big prospect sent to Oakland in the Dan Haren trade, Anderson is poised to break into the majors in 2009. 2008 - Bryan Shaw, RHP, Long Beach State - So-so debut, but he did pitch better upon promotion...

Rate Podcast: It’s a Dunn deal

Original at ktar.net external link    Wed, Dec 3

By Dave Burns Happy Carlos Quentin Horrible Trade Anniversary! Yes, December 3rd marks one year since the D-Backs traded Quentin to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Chris Carter. That one didn’t work out too well. Luckily the Dan Haren deal did. In fact, what a difference one year makes for the D-Back...

Rate Hot Stove Interview: Diamondbacks GM Josh Byrnes

Original at NY Daily News Blogs external link    Tue, Nov 18

This year, things seem a lot more quiet for Byrnes, as the biggest player movement news in Arizona is on free-agent departures -- second baseman Orlando Hudson, slugger Adam Dunn and reliever Brandon Lyon all are on their way to greener pastures.

Rate Podcast: A farewell to the Big Unit?

Original at AZ Snakepit external link    Thu, Nov 13

By Jim McLennan Here's an interesting thought as a replacement. Curt Schilling? He has expressed a lot of interest in potentially coming back to Arizona for a Clemens-like partial season. He said during an interview on KTAR [MP3, about nine minutes in] on November 4 that, "Arizona is absolutely one of tho...

Rate 2008 Review, Part 3: Starting Pitchers

Original at AZ Snakepit external link    Sun, Oct 5

By Jim McLennan Brandon Webb: 22-7, 3.30 ERA, 1.196 WHIP 226.2 IP, 206 H, 65 BB, 183 K, 13 HR, .242/.302/.334 Randy Johnson: 11-10, 3.91 ERA, 1.239 WHIP 184 IP, 184 H, 44 BB, 179 K, 24 HR, .260/.306/.422 Doug Davis: 6-8, 4.32 ERA, 1.534 WHIP 146 IP, 160 H, 64 BB, 112 K, 13 HR, .282/.356/.419

Rate Diamondbacks 3, Giants 2: Tim Tamed, Lincecum Loses

Original at AZ Snakepit external link    Thu, Sep 18

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By Jim McLennan Poor Randy Johnson: that's now four quality starts in five outings, and not a single win to show for it, despite an ERA of 3.23 over that time. Tonight, he went toe-to-toe with Lincecum, who was aged four when Randy Johnson made his major-league debut in 1988. The Giants struck first, loading t...

Rate Podcast: MLB Week 24: The AL All-Underrated Team; Why bullpens are destroying pennant races

Original at MVN external link    Thu, Sep 11

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Position-by-position, hosts Joe Aiello and Brandon Rosage strolled through the American League’s best players no one hears about. And, yes, there are a fair amount of Tampa Bay Rays on the list. For a peek at Brandon’s official AL All-Underrated Team, visit The Pitch’s 2008 All-Underrat...

Rate Diamondbacks 4, Marlins 5: Fire Chip Hale

Original at AZ Snakepit external link    Fri, Aug 22

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By Jim McLennan Anyone escape criticism? Jackson reached twice, on a hit and a walk, while there were two hits each for Drew, Montero and Ojeda. The last-named also got hit by a pitch, which gives him a share of the team lead, on eight. That's the same as Conor Jackson, who has about 270 more at-bats. Ojeda is act...

Rate D-Backs catchers are producing

Original at azcentral.com external link    Sun, Aug 17

So obviously Hammock didn’t do much in limited action, but the other two have been quite effective, particularly relative to position. All together, Diamondbacks’ catchers are at .254/.347/.441 and their .788 OPS ranks fourth among National League teams.

Rate Diamondbacks 12, Astros 2: Driving Home(rs) for Chris-mas

Original at AZ Snakepit external link    Fri, Aug 15

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By Jim McLennan Top 6th: Arizona: Chris Snyder homered to deep left, Clark scored Top 7th: Arizona: Chris Young homered to deep left Top 8th: Arizona: Chris Burke homered to deep left, Clark and Reynolds scored Honorable mentions: Webb, +15.0%; Clark, +11.3% God-emperor of suck: Chris Burke, -7.4%

Rate Podcast: Adam From Milwaukee

Original at azcentral.com external link    Wed, Aug 13

Left-hander Daniel Schlereth has been promoted to Class A South Bend after three scoreless outings at Missoula, but General Manager Josh Byrnes said that Schlereth reaching the major leagues this season is a long shot. Byrnes said Schlereth could be a candidate for the Arizona Fall Leag...

Rate Opinion: Diamondbacks 1, Marlins 3: Joining the .500 Club

Original at AZ Snakepit external link    Fri, Jun 27

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By Jim McLennan On May 21st, Arizona faced the Marlins in Florida, and Ricky Nolasco allowed one run as his team beat the Diamondbacks 3-1 - the defeat dropped our lead over the Dodgers to three games. On June 27th, Arizona faced the Marlins in Florida, and Ricky Nolasco allowed one run as his team beat the Di...

Rate Opinion: Discomfort in Schlereth’s side, not arm

Original at azcentral.com external link    Fri, Jun 6

He told Diamondbacks scouting director Tom Allison that he stopped throwing because of discomfort in his left side. Unlike last season, when the Diamondbacks prided themselves on their tenacity, it has felt in recent games like they have had the life sucked out of them whenever they’ve f...

Rate Podcast: The numbers don't lie

Original at azcentral.com external link    Wed, May 21

Will Carroll from Baseball Prospectus came across an item in a Diamondbacks notebook from last week suggesting that Randy Johnson’s problems had been mostly location-based. This was before Johnson threw seven shutout innings against the Tigers on Sunday.)

Rate Opinion: Diamondbacks 8, Phillies 3 - Webb's nine wins his eighth

Original at AZ Snakepit external link    Thu, May 8

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By Jim McLennan His final line was six hits, no walks and four strikeouts over the nine innings, with three runs allowed, two earned: up until the final stretch, this was probably his best outing of the year so far. Even so, it still runs Webb's record to 8-0, a stunning achievement given that no-one else in t...

Rate Podcast: MLB Week 5: Buy or Sell Cueto and Hughes? Tough-luck Halladay, Broken Brewers

Original at MVN external link    Thu, May 1

May was not a good month to replenish your lineup with healthy players — namely in New York, where Alex Rodriguez and Phil Hughes joined the long Yankees DL. John Smoltz shared the same news about his immediate future via SMS and one of the game’s young star starters — Johnny Cueto — was humble...

Rate Opinion: Diamondbacks 5, Rockies 13: What is this thing called "defeat"?

Original at AZ Snakepit external link    Sun, Apr 13

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By Jim McLennan In the face of such mediocrity, the offense would have been hard pushed to catch up. They did have their moments, getting the tying run on base in the fourth, and to the plate in the sixth, but the absence of Young in the leadoff spot was sorely felt. Eric Byrnes hit there instead, and went 1-for-...

Rate Opinion: Diamondbacks 4, Angels 5 - Better the Diablo You Know

Original at AZ Snakepit external link    Sat, Mar 15

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By Jim McLennan The game was totally sold out. I don't think I've seen so many scalpers at a Spring Training game before. That was probably no surprise; we bought our tickets a couple of months back, and even at that point, the best seats remaining were in the last section bleachers, out by the AZ bullpen.

Rate Podcast: Burns: Spring Training Blog - Part II

Original at ktar.net external link    Thu, Feb 21

By Dave Burns Audio: John Byrnes - Thursday By the time the contracts that Diamondbacks GM Josh Byrnes and President Derrick Hall agreed to expire, my oldest child will be in college. Eight years. A deal that runs through 2015. In the world of professional sports – that’s practically a lifetime contract. E...

Rate Podcast: 2008 MLB Season Preview: Arizona Diamondbacks

Original at MVN external link    Fri, Feb 1

“The Pitch” hosts Joe Aiello and Brandon Rosage offer their perspective on the relatively unchanged lineup — with the exception of rotation-bolstering Dan Haren — and welcome perspective from AZ Snakepit’s Jim McLennan on the ability of Chris Young to power the offense again as a sopho...

Year 2007

 

Rate Goodness Josh Byrnes, Save Some News For The Others

Original at Beyond the Box Score external link    Fri, Dec 14

By RJ Anderson     Diamondbacks deal Carlos Gonzales, Brett Anderson, Dana Eveland, Greg Smith, Chris Carter, and Aaron Cunningham to the Oakland Athletics for Dan Haren and Connor Robertson.     Diamondbacks deal Jose Valverde to the Houston Astros for Chris Burke, Chad Qualls, and Juan Gutierrez.

Rate The Diamondbacks' Week in Review

Original at AZ Snakepit external link    Sat, Nov 17

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By Jim McLennan Overall, that's 488 in 1983 - one every 4.06 at-bats. The overall rate in the National League last season was one every 5.13, so the Diamondbacks do appear to support this theory. The study also noted that students whose names began with an A or B got better grades than those where the first lette...

Rate Podcast: 3 Great Nights of Baseball!

Original at Down the Left Field Line: Life, Baseball & Eric Byrnes external link    Fri, Sep 14

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By Kellia Ramares ByrnesBlogger1 The recently-concluded 3-game series between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the San Francisco Giants marked my seventh, eighth and ninth appearances at Ballpark by the Bay. That may be a lifetime record; it is certainly the most games I have attended...

Rate Podcast: D-Backs need to keep Byrnes or risk fan mutiny

Original at AZ Central.com external link    Wed, Jun 27

The new Diamondbacks have pushed all the right buttons. They better not get careless when it comes to Eric Byrnes.

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