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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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Rate D-Backs scout Red Sox; Boston interested in Chad Tracy

Original at Yahoo! Sports external link    12 hours ago

The Boston Globe reports the Arizona Diamondbacks spent a lot of time scouting the Red Sox during the Atlanta...

Rate Zavada trounces adversity to fit in 'pen

Original at arizona external link    Thu, Jul 2

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Rate UOP Stadium outranks downtown Phoenix arenas in fan survey

Original at downtownvoices.org external link    Wed, Jul 1

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By dvcwebsite2008 The UOP Stadium in Glendale, home to the Arizona Cardinals, ranked 24th on the list.  The Arizona Diamondbacks’ Chase Field in downtown Phoenix came in 39th for stadium experience. Jobing.com Arena where the financially struggling Phoenix Coyotes play came in 72nd ahead of the Suns.  The P...

Rate Cueto, Reds beat slumping D-Backs 1-0

Original at East Valley Tribune external link    Wed, Jul 1

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CINCINNATI  — They saw him reach for his back on the mound. They saw him stretching in the dugout. The Arizona Diamondbacks knew Johnny Cueto was hurting.

This Week

 

Rate D-backs' Haren homers, shuts down Reds

Original at arizona external link    Wed, Jul 1

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Rate D-Backs appear unwilling to trade Haren to Angels

Original at Yahoo! Sports external link    Wed, Jul 1

It's appears the Arizona Diamondbacks don't have right-hander Danny Haren on the trading block —...

Rate Bull Black Nova

Original at chris-sabos-goggles.com external link    Tue, Jun 30

By Chris Sabo's Goggles It was another exciting game for the high-flying Reds offense as they pounded out a whopping six (6) hits against the 16-games-below-.500 Arizona Diamondbacks. I don’t care if Dan Haren was pitching, the Reds still gave up six runs against the 16-games-below-.500 Arizona Diamondbacks.

Rate Matthews, Ellsbury bring back the exhilirating steal of homeVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at swamigp (WordPress) external link    Mon, Jun 29

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By swamigp Jacoby Ellsbury's steal of home heightened the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry and dredged up haunting memories for Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte. Hall of Famer Rod Carew stole home seven times during his 1969 season with the Minnesota Twins.

Rate Haren acing the opposition

Original at East Valley Tribune external link    Sat, Jun 27

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Dan Haren’s numbers are astounding. While injuries and inconsistency have spoiled the Diamondbacks’ season, their ace trudges on, continuing to show he is one of the elite pitchers in major league baseball. Napoli's HR lifts Angels past D-Backs, 2-1 Too on One : Ryan Roberts

Past Month

 

Rate D-Backs fall to Rangers in 12 innings

Original at East Valley Tribune external link    Thu, Jun 25

Chris Davis and David Murphy hit back-to-back homers in the 12th inning, Andruw Jones also homered and the Texas Rangers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-8 on Thursday night.

Rate D-Backs cancel Webb's bullpen session

Original at azcentral.com external link    Thu, Jun 18

Webb left the team and returned to Phoenix, where he will visit team physician Dr. Michael Lee, according to General Manager Josh Byrnes. (Update, 9:09 p.m.: We were told after the game that Webb is not, in fact, scheduled to see Dr. Lee. Certainly he has to see Lee or another doctor in the coming d...

Rate D-Backs shut down by Oswalt

Original at East Valley Tribune external link    Sat, Jun 13

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Lance Berkman hit his 300th homer moments after Miguel Tejada singled home a run with his 2,000th hit, and the Houston Astros defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 on Saturday night. Roy Oswalt (3-3) gave up one run and five hits in seven innings to improve to 8-1 lifetime against the Diamo...

Rate Recapping The 1st Round Of The 2009 MLB Draft....

Original at theghostofmoonlightgraham (WordPress) external link    Tue, Jun 9

By Adam Bernacchio 17. Arizona Diamondbacks – AJ Pollock, OF. MVP of the Cape Cod League. Good pick by the Diamondbacks. This pick was compensation for the Dodgers signing Orlando Hudson. 18. Florida Marlins – Chad James, LHP. Another young pitching stud for the Florida Marlins.

May of 2009

 

Rate Reynolds' HR leads D-Backs past Marlins

Original at East Valley Tribune external link    Thu, May 21    5 related articles

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Mark Reynolds hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning Thursday and the Arizona Diamondbacks took advantage of the Florida Marlins' weary bullpen to rally for a 4-3 victory.                                                                                                                      ...

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 Carter's MLB Power Rankings: May 3

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Sun, May 3

By Carter . 2. Toronto Blue Jays (17-9, Last Week: No. 4) 5. Florida Marlins (14-10, Last Week: 10) 16. Milwaukee Brewers (12-12, Last Week: No. 21) 21. Arizona Diamondbacks (11-13, Last Week: No. 27) 3. Aaron Hill (Blue Jays) 4. Adrian Gonzalez (Padres) 3. Dan Haren (Diamondbacks)

April of 2009

 

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 Opinion: 2009 MLB Season Predictions (NL)Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Apr 4

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By rss@youtube.com (URSports) None Author: URSports Keywords: MLB Predictions 2009 NL National League Baseball Funny Talk Show Under Review Cubs Mets New York Dodgers LA Diamondbacks Arizona Brewers Milwaukee Jake Peavy Phillies Sports Season World Series Playoffs Added: April 4, 2009

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...

Year 2009

 

Rate Spring Training Daily Review

Original at Roto Times Fantasy Sports external link    Fri, Mar 13

Diamondbacks fourth outfielder: This battle really isn't a battle if Eric Byrnes is healthy, as the job will be his, leaving Alex Romero out of the mix (the team usually carries only four outfielders, choosing to go with another arm instead). ...

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 [...]

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

Original at Purple Row 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

We've probably been a little more patient than usual. Usually, we've entered offseasons with maybe a few more needs, maybe a few more chips to play in order to fill those needs. A lot of what we've done trying to create roster stability, that's the good news -- we've still got (Steven) Drew, (C...

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 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 2, Cubs 0 - Snake-Bit Bears

Original at AZ Snakepit external link    Mon, Jul 21

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By Jim McLennan Elsewhere, the Rockies and Dodgers got together for a 26-run game of pinball at Coors, with the Dodgers coming out on top to stay level with Arizona. And Jose Valverde out-Lyoned Lyon, allowing six earned runs in one-third of an inning of work for Houston, as they coughed up a late lead. His ER...

Rate Re-ranking the prospects

Original at azcentral.com external link    Thu, Jul 10

1. Max Scherzer, RHP 2. Jarrod Parker, RHP 5. Cesar Valdez, RHP 6. Bryan Augenstein, RHP 7. Reid Mahon, RHP I didn’t see anything wrong with manager Bob Melvin leaving Dan Haren in to start the ninth tonight, but I wouldn’t have had a problem if he had gone to Brandon Lyon right away, either.

Rate Diamondbacks 0, Nationals 5 - We need Gurgling Vortex of Suck (TM) T-shirtsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at AZ Snakepit external link    Wed, Jul 9

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By Jim McLennan You know things are pretty bad when the worst team in the National League blanks the Diamondbacks. The Nationals replied to our six-hit shutout from yesterday, with a three-hitter of their own on our offense - which has suddenly decided to entirely give up making any significant effort. I k...

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

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 fallen behind. Bob Melvin acknowledged as much and said it was something he addressed with his team before Friday’s ga...

Rate D-Backs tab Schlereth at No. 26

Original at azcentral.com external link    Thu, Jun 5

If you were watching the ESPN broadcast, you probably heard Peter Gammons tell an interesting story about the first time Diamondbacks GM Josh Byrnes saw Schlereth throw. Spoke with Diamondbacks scout Rodney Davis, who is responsible for scouting the state of Arizona for the club, and he...

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    Tue, Dec 4

By Jim McLennan No question about the big news over the last week; the trading of Carlos Quentin to the Chicago White Sox for a young prospect, who won't even be able to drink legally for another couple of weeks. It's a sad end to the career of someone who was expected to be a cornerstone of the Diamondbacks' fu...

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 lose to Padres

Original at AZ Central.com external link    Sun, Jul 15

Diamondbacks start second half of season against some tough teams. They take two of three from Padres and now move on to NL Centralleading Milwaukee.

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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