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Five games in, and the Arizona Diamondbacks have posted a 3-2 record, losing two out of three in Coors, but taking the first two of the four-game set in Washington. All told, I think we’d probably settle for that, though we should be looking at 4-1 right now. But we’ll get to that.
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I write this while watching the final game before the contests start to count. As of tomorrow, our starting pitchers (hopefully!) won’t be taken out after five innings; the latter stages will no longer be occupied by a veritable Who’s That? of minor-leaguers; and we’ll be paying a sight more for seats behind the dugout, […]

It’s fair to say that the Diamondbacks are not currently the hottest ticket in town: that honor goes to their next-door neighbors, the Suns, who are currently stampeding towards the playoffs, with perhaps the best chance of success in franchise history [well, so I’m told by those who know more about basketball than I. Which, […]

Y’know, this blogging isn’t just a carefree lark, entirely without responsibility. People’s lives are in our hands here, dammit!. Well, kinda, as shown in this email which was received at SnakePit Towers a couple of days ago:
“I’m traveling to Vegas next Friday. I’ve been doing a lot of research and it seems like AZ is […]

A little early last week, a little late this one: hey, sue me… Nice to get a week of Spring Training under our belts, and had a great time down at Tucson last Friday. You can find a full report of that trip here, but let’s just say that the sunburn has just about healed […]

Getting an early jump on this week’s column, since Friday sees me travelling down to Tucson to see the second game for the Diamondbacks in the Cactus League. They’ll be playing the Chicago White Sox, whom they also faced in today’s opener (winning that one 8-5); should be a good day out. Check AZ SnakePit […]

With the exception of a couple of lagging Venezuelans, everyone in now accounted for in the Diamondbacks’ Spring Training camp down in Tucson, and the games themselves start next Thursday. So it seems like a good time to take a look at ten issues which merit your attention over the next month or so, as […]

“Pitchers and catchers report.” Finally, the long, dark winter is over, and baseball fans emerge from their hibernation, stretching, wiping their bleary eyes and sniffing the air, eager to catch the scent of new-mown grass and hot-dogs. For our local team here in Arizona, moves began on the final day of last season, with the […]