Houston Astros

By Jim McLennan All told, a 4-2 road trip is not bad, but the Dodgers have kept right in step with us - they managed to stave off a furious, four-run, ninth-inning comeback by the Brewers, so we are back to being tied with them ONCE again. After the off-day on Monday, the Diamondbacks now head back home to face S...

By Jim McLennan Having crushed the Astros in the first two games of the series, we already have the series in the bag, and have also wrapped up a winning road-trip with a 4-1 record so far. This morning, we go for the sweep, and though Oswalt has the most wins on the Houston roster, our offense has been all but un...

By Jim McLennan Arizona continued to pull away, as Reynolds made the score 7-1, with his 82nd RBI of the season. Any faint chance the Astros had of coming back, was then removed when Chris Young came up with the bases loaded in the sixth - I note that Young was batting #2 against a right-handed starter... Montero...

By Jim McLennan Backe has been "up and down," to put it mildly. His last start saw him deliver seven innings of one-run ball; however, the one before that was the worst 2008 start by a pitcher in the National League, as the Cubs scored eleven off him in just 3.1 innings. Walks may be an issue, too - hopefully as muc...

By Jim McLennan Top 8th: Arizona: Chris Burke homered to deep left, Clark and Reynolds scored Click to enlarge, in new window] Master of his domain: Chris Snyder, +16.1% Honorable mentions: Webb, +15.0%; Clark, +11.3% God-emperor of suck: Chris Burke, -7.4%

By Jim McLennan We took two of three against the Astros earlier in the season, back at Chase, but all three games were close, decided by two or less runs. Webb didn't face them in that series, but of those Houston players with 20+ ABs against Webb, Matsui and Loretta are both over .400, while Blum is down at .172 -...

By Jim McLennan Team Quality: 10th. Kinda amusing, given we had the best record in the National League. Even funnier, is that topping this area were Detroit, with 89% of fans rating their team as "excellent". Wonder what they think of their 14-17 team now? AL fans rate their teams much higher; the top five in t...

By Jim McLennan Dayn Perry, FoxSports.com - "The Arizona Diamondbacks are now, without question, the power team in the National League. After pulling off a trade with the Oakland A's for right-hander Dan Haren, the Snakes are now clearly the best club in the senior circuit. Keep in mind that last season Ari...