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SubscribeTop 25 Phoenix Sports Stories of 2008 - #4 - Randy Johnson no longer a Diamondback
Here at Fanster.com, we’ll be spending the last few weeks of 2008 counting down the biggest sports stories in the Valley over the last 12 months. He tops the all-time Diamondback lists for ERA (2.83), wins (118), and strikeouts (2077). He's won 4 Cy Young Awards while wearing a Diamondbacks' uniform. [...]
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Top 25 Phoenix Sports Stories of 2008 - #7 - Doug Davis’ courageous bout with tyroid cancer
Here at Fanster.com, we’ll be spending the last few weeks of 2008 counting down the biggest sports stories in the Valley over the last 12 months. This was definitely the most uplifting story in Phoenix sports in 2008. Diamondbacks’ left hander Doug Davis was diagnosed with thyroid cancer early in the [...]
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Top 25 Phoenix Sports Stories of 2008 - #18 - Diamondbacks swing a trade for slugger Adam Dunn
Here at Fanster.com, we’ll be spending the last few weeks of 2008 counting down the biggest sports stories in the Valley over the last 12 months. Many Diamondback fans complained about the lack of a big bopper in the middle of the Sedona red lineup. GM Josh Byrnes took care of [...]
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Tucson becoming a baseball wasteland
I remember going to the Arizona Diamondbacks' first ever Cactus League game. It was Friday, February 27, 1998, and they were playing the Chicago White Sox, the team with whom they shared brand new Tucson Electric Park. Despite it being a cold night, and having to resort to [...]
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Pujols wins MVP, but two D-Backs get votes
St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols won his second National League MVP Award on Monday, beating out Philadelphia's Ryan Howard and Milwaukee's Ryan Braun for the award. Dodgers' outfielder Manny Ramirez and Houston's Lance Berkman rounded out the top 5. Two Arizona Diamondbacks' players received votes. Starting pitcher Brandon Webb [...]
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Are the Diamondbacks making a mistake by letting Randy Johnson finish his career elsewhere?
News broke yesterday that Randy Johnson has filed for free agency. In a written statement his agents Barry Meister and Alan Nero said: "At Randy’s request, we traveled to Phoenix on Monday to meet with Josh Byrnes and Jeff Moorad to explore every option for Randy to remain a Diamondback in 2009 and [...]
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Lincecum wins Cy Young, Webb finishes second
San Francisco Giants' right-hander Tim Lincecum was named the National League's Cy Young Award winner on Tuesday. Arizona Diamondbacks' right-hander Brandon Webb finished second in the voting. Lincecum received 23 of 32 first place votes from writers, despite the fact that he had 4 less wins than Webb. Lincecum [...]
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Five worst uniforms in Arizona sports history
We've looked at the good, so we've got to look at the bad as well. And the list of the bad was a lot harder to pare down to just five. Who can forget some of the putrid Phoenix Giants' uniforms of the late 70's? Actually, mostly everyone, because there's no picutures of those orange monstrosities anywhere [...]
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Top 5 uniforms in Arizona sports history
I've always loved sports uniforms. I notice subtle nuances and changes in a team's fashion choices. I think a regular guy wearing a sports jersey is a good look. I think a woman wearing a sports jersey is a great look. I started thinking about who in the history of Phoenix and Arizona sports had [...]
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Arizona well represented in MLB postseason
Photo: Jae C. Hong/AP So the Arizona Diamondbacks are just like us, and are watching the Major League Playoffs from the comfort of our own homes. But that doesn't mean that the state of Arizona isn't represented in the postseason. First, there are 6 (technically) former Diamondbacks still playing: Craig Counsell - [...]
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