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[Video] D-Backs complete sweep of Astros

When you have two of the top seven pitchers in ERA in the National League facing each other, you’d expect a pitchers’ duel. And that’s exactly what happened for the first 6 innings on Sunday in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ [...]

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Justin Upton admires his 425-foot home run in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Houston Astros.No Comments

The Return of Offense

It has been pretty easy to track the Diamondbacks offensive production this year. If free tacos are available the next day, then the D-Backs had a good offensive output the game before. Two weeks ago, when the D-Backs were in [...]

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Sunday Lineups: D-Backs go for rare 3-game sweep over Astros

The Arizona Diamondbacks knew their most recent “homestand” would be brief. They’d play just 3 games in the friendly confines of Chase Field, sandwiched in between 10 and 7-game road trips. But the D-Backs have made the most of their [...]

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John Hester, who homered in his first major league at-bat on Friday, will make his first start at catcher today for the Diamondbacks. (Photo: Rick Scuteri/AP)No Comments

Packers at Cards Photos

Green Bay Packers at Arizona Cardinals Preseason Game Photos by Norm Hall [...]

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Saturday Lineups: Young back from Reno, in lineup tonight

Chris Young, who accidentally became a symbol of a disappointing year for the Arizona Diamondbacks, has been called up by the team, and will be in tonight’s starting lineup as the D-Backs continue their three game series against the Houston [...]

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29 Aug 09 Written by
After 13 games in Reno, outfielder Chris Young is back with the Arizona Diamondbacks and in the lineup tonight against Houston.No Comments

6 Points: Packers hang on for crazy preseason win over Cardinals

Well, at least it was entertaining for a preseason NFL game. After the first two snoozefests against Pittsburgh and San Diego, the Cardinals finally played a game, or more specifically, a half that was fun to watch in a 44-37 [...]

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Charles Woodson wreaked havoc, causing three fumbles in Green Bay's 44-37 preseason win over the Cardinals on Friday night. (Photo: Ross D. Franklin/AP)No Comments

ASU Women’s Soccer defeats Tennessee 3-2 in double OT

From ASU Media Relations KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Junior forward Karin Volpe scored the game tying and game winning goals in the Arizona State women’s soccer team’s dramatic 3-2 double-overtime, come-from-behind victory over No. 23 Tennessee. Down 2-1 and with time winding down [...]

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Some Mock Thoughts From The Mock Game

From the outset, I’m designating this a scripted blog that will only go through real-time game situations with no hitting. In no way, however, is this a mock blog. It’s hard to believe that at this time next week, we’ll be gearing [...]

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Some Catching Up To Do

Apologies for the small gap in updates here on PFN. I’m starting graduate school next week and orientations and registration has taken over my life for the past 48 hours. Either way, there are some things to catch up on in [...]

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28 Aug 09 Written by
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The Barkley, Ortiz and Ricci’s of the week

Most people will give you a best of the week list a certain subject on Fridays but honestly that just wasn’t out there enough for us here at Fanster. Instead of going with the boring generic list we’ve decided to [...]

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