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Diamondbacks 0, Rockies 3: Troy Ache, Man

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Dan Haren goes down with a case of the no-runs. No Comments

Gameday Thread, #2: 4/7 vs. Rockies

Ubaldo JimenezRHP, 0-0, 0.00 Dan HarenRHP, 0-0, 0.00 After yesterday's heavyweight contest, let's hope for something a bit more tidily-pitched - from Dan Haren, at least. Much talk in the off-season about how he and [...]

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Diamondbacks 9, Rockies 8: Bombs Away!

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Not the last time the players would look up and see something flying far above their heads at high speed this afternoon...No Comments

Gameday Thread, Opening Day: Second Overflow

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Just one of today's little highlights...No Comments

Gameday Thread, Opening Day: First Pitch Overflow

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Here's to some of the above later this afternoon, in front of a rather larger audience...No Comments

Gameday Thread: Opening Day, 4/6 vs. Rockies

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Over the past four seasons, in 23 April starts, Brandon Webb has lost once, and his record is 17-1. I'm just sayin'...No Comments

The Natural: Cinema, Fiction, Myth and Reality

The 2009 baseball season is officially under way, and I marked that fact by watching The Natural this afternoon - which may become an annual tradition. It's probably my favorite sports films of all time, and the final scene is [...]

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Diamondbacks 0, White Sox 2: Arizona gets Colon cleansed

And so ends spring training: not with a bang, but with an embarrassingly-wrong call by the home-plate umpire. This prematurely ended Mark Reynolds' at-bat with two men on base, robbing the Diamondbacks of the chance for a dramatic ninth-inning [...]

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Gameday Thread: The Last Warm-Up, 4/4 vs. White Sox

ChicagoWhite Sox ArizonaDiamondbacks This is it, folks. The final meaningless game of spring is about to unfold at Chase, and so, let's see what the game brings. No idea who's pitching for the team today - I like to [...]

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Diamondbacks 3, White Sox 6 – Glenn who?

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Tony Clark's new batting stance has its doubters - but you can't argue, it does reduce the strike-zone...No Comments