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Report Card – Daniel Winnik

Winnik – A This is one grade that could take all day to write up. A 9th round draft choice that once strutted the ranks of the ECHL, Dwin had an amazing year. This is the guy who made the [...]

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Congratulations, Manny!

Manny Ramirez became the 24th member of the 500 Homer Club tonight. He hit his milestone at Camden Yards off Chad Bradford in the 7th inning. He hit a middle-out pitch into the right field bleachers about halfway up, and [...]

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CBB Recap of Stony Brook vs. ASU

(Lisa Olson, East Valley Tribune) While I’m covering the Cal State Fullerton regional for The College Baseball Blog, Brian Young of CBB has a full recap of yesterday’s action: Brian Young – (Tempe, AZ) - Brett Wallace was huge for [...]

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NBA Finals – Back to the Future Edition

Another finals without the Suns and it looks like our shot at that glory has passed us by. The Suns will surely enter next season as a second tier team fighting for scraps place behind the resurgent Lakers and the [...]

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Saturday stuff…

What’s up Arizona sports fans? It’s a busy sports weekend in the Grand Canyon State. Former ASU A.D. Kevin White, heading further east, from Notre Dame to Duke. I guess now that the lacrosse scandal is over, the job is [...]

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MRI: Both hammys strained for Byrnes

With test results in, D-backs decide to sit outfielder a week By Steve Gilbert / MLB.com Strains are measured on a one to three scale with three being the worst. Byrnes is between one and 1 1/2 according to Melvin. [...]

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Are the Suns even relevant any more?

I know we’ve touched on this one in various ways in various threads, but I wanted to consider it explicitly, in one place, all at once. As we all know, the Suns were dispatched relatively easily by the Spurs in [...]

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D-Backs skid hits 5; Nationals win 7-4

Willie Harris’ 3-run home run off of Micah Owings broke a 3-3 tie in the 7th inning, and the Washington Nationals handed the Arizona Diamondbacks their 5th straight loss. Harris, getting a rare start, came into the game hitting only [...]

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The Closer: UofA wins Regional opening game

It’s the weekend Arizona sports fans. Let’s hope you didn’t waste this week on something pointless like these Japanese scientists did. We don’t want to waste your time on a Friday so here are your Arizona sports headlines: Arizona defeats [...]

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Snake Bytes: Bitten again, Johnson gets no run support

Last night’s performance had shades of 2004 both from Randy Johnson and the Diamondbacks. Johnson threw 7 innings allowing 6 hits, 2 walks and 2 runs along with 9 strikeouts. His 9 strikeouts tied him with Roger Clemens for second [...]

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