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I am rooting for whomever comes out of the Chicago-Tampa Bay playoff. Right now I’d like to see TB win. I like their worst-to-first story and their ability to come from behind in the late innings. But the White Sox winning gets Junior Griffey deeper into the post season, and that, as Mychael Urban would […]

I console myself by thinking that the playoffs would not have been that much fun without Byrnesie anyway, and that it would have been terrible to see Orlando Hudson sidelined for the second October in a row. But the bottom line is that the Diamondbacks would have won the division going away if they’d played […]

as in wins for Webby. 2008 National League Cy Young Award to Brandon Webb. Yes, Tim Lincecum will win it someday. But not this year.
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is almost over as I write this.  Hoooray! I had never heard of Yankee Stadium being a cathedral before this year and I hope I won’t hear it again after this year. Yes, you will not be able to say “Ruth played here” at the new stadium. But it is not as if the Yankees, […]

Eric Byrnes did his radio interview and LV appearance today instead of the usual Friday because of scheduling conflicts. He reported himself well on the mend, having recently run a 4:40 mile on a special kind of treadmill. He is going to use his full no-trade clause to stay in Arizona for the remainder of […]

for pitching your first shut-out. (Diamondbacks 2 - Giants 0). ‘Bout damned time you threw a complete game! And Happy Birthday!

BoMel, thank you for sticking with Dan even though he gave up two singles in the ninth. Sometimes ya gotta let the young’uns clean up they own mess.
While I am on the subject of […]

the Diamondbacks drop two of three to the Reds–who are about as bad as the Giants–at home, in extra innings. The starting pitching has straightened itself out; Randy Johnson had a good outing Saturday, but at this rate, he’ll have to pitch ’til he’s 50 to get to 300. Rookie Max Scherzer struck out nine […]

Bad enough to be swept by the Dodgers, but to be swept by the Giants, a team that went into the series 18 games below .500, is terrible. Especially when the last two of the three were Giants walk-offs. There was so much wrong with that.
Doug Davis did about as well as could be […]

After Brandon Lyon’s latest spate of ineffectivenees nearly cost Brandon Webb his 20th win, Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin named Chad Qualls the closer.
Qualls has had 3 saves in 11 opportunities this year.
The Dodgers have activated closer Takashi Saito.
This year’s NL Wild Card will come out of the East or the Central. Houston, […]

Finally! Brandon Webb has become only the third pitcher in Diamondbacks’ history to win 20 games in a season. (Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling are the others). He threw 8 innings of shut-out ball, 98 pitches total, at the Cincinnati Reds. I would have liked to have seen him complete the effort, but as the […]