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One bad inning was all it took as the Diamondbacks lost to the Rockies 6-4 as they were swept four games to none in the NLCS.  With two men on and two outs, Owings gave up a double, Connon Jackson made an error, gave up another single, then a three run blast to turn what […]

Two losses and both at home.  Even worse, the big Rockies inning in extra frames came with three walks in the inning.  What an ugly way to lose and I’m to distraught to write it up. Sigh, the Diamondbacks now have to win at least one in Colorado for the series to come back home.  […]

The Diamondbacks got off to a rough start as the hitters were held in check by the Rockies’ pitchers and the offense could manage just a single run.  Eric Byrnes double home Stephen Drew in the first inning to give the Diamondbacks their first and only lead of the game.  Just two innings later, Brandon […]

The Diamondbacks did it in what was a much closer game then the score indicated yesterday.  From Chris Young’s lead off homer to Livan Hernandez’s outing the mound, things just seemed to click and the end result was a 5-1 win that finished up their sweep over the Phillies.
Chris Young got things going with a […]

The Diamondbacks were down for the first time in this series in the second inning of last night’s game after Doug Davis was touched up for two runs.  That deficit was short lived though because the Diamondbacks stormed back in the bottom half of the frame with four runs of their own.  Chris Young put […]

The Diamondbacks scored two late runs and they got a really nice start by Brandon Webb to take game one of their series over the Cubs.  Webb held to the Cubs to just a run on four hits in seven solid innings of work.  He walked three and struck out nine en route to the […]

Well, the 2007 regular season is in the books for the Diamondbacks and it’s hard to be disappointed.  If you would have told me Randy Johnson would miss most of the season, I would have said the Diamondbacks were smoke but they not only won the NL West, they had the best record in the […]

So far, the Diamondbacks are an unimpressive 3-3 in the season half, and this was after losing five straight heading into the break.  The end result is, the Diamondbacks are now closer to falling into fourth place (tied with the Rockies in the loss column, two wins up) then they are to the Padres in […]

The Diamondbacks are 10-9 in June and they just lost to one of the worst teams, the Baltimore Orioles.  Yet, they still sit just a half game back of the first place Dodgers and they’re in a virtual tie with the Padres.  The only thing this mediocre stretch has done for all three contenders in […]

This is definitely good news. 

This is a pretty interesting story on the Diamondbacks starting rotation.  I guess anytime you can make Brandon Webb happy, it’s a good thing even though his talk of protection in the rotation doesn’t make much sense.  It also goes into how while the pitching has been good, the hitting hasn’t and that’s cost us […]

We’ve been having some technical difficulties here at Baseball Historians so that’s the reason for the abscence.  Things are fixed now and hopefully just in time for a run by the Diamondbacks.  They continue to struggle and after losing three of their last four games, they site just a game above .500 and in the […]

The Diamondbacks have put together another extended streak and because of it, they’ve now moved back into first place.  They’ve been in first, then fourth, now back to first.  I’d like to say they’re here to stay, but things are just too tight.
Last night, they got it done behind a nice outing by Brandon Webb.  […]

The Diamondbacks won two of three this week and they did it against a tough Padres team.  Things didn’t start out all that well because on Tuesday, the Diamondbacks lost their fifth straight game and it wasn’t a happy return for Randy Johnson.  He was hit hard for six runs on six hits and four […]

The Diamondbacks dropped three straight in a sweep at the hands of the Giants and in total, they’ve now lost four straight.  The end result is a first to almost last place swing in just under a week. 
Most of the woes this weekend were with the hitters.  On Friday, the Diamondbacks scored two runs and […]

The Diamondbacks became the third team to reach ten wins this season, it’s just unfortunate that one of those other teams is in your division.  Still, the Diamondbacks sit just a game and a half back of the Dodgers and a good series could wipe out most of that deficit.
Yesterday’s game went well enough.  Brandon Webb struck […]

Alright, nobody said this was going to be easy and the Diamondbacks dropped two games to the now NL West leading Dodgers.  On Monday, Arizona couldn’t seem to do much against Brad Penny.  Chad Tracy drove in the only run of the game and all the Diamondbacks managed were six hits.  Eric Byrnes and Carlos […]

The Diamondbacks became the first team to win nine games as they wrapped up their series with the Rockies.  They actually got off to a bad start on Friday and lost their second game in a row in a rough start by Brandon Webb.  He gave up five runs on eight hits and four walks […]

The Diamondbacks six game winning streak may have come to an end, but Arizona still finds itself atop the NL West.  This is going to be a tough race all season and the fact that the Diamondbacks are right there is definitely a good thing.
In the opener on Monday, the Diamondbacks were down 2-0 but […]

All it took was a trip to Washington, D.C. to get the Diamondbacks on track as they dismantled the Nationals with four straight wins.  Thursday’s game was the closest bu the Arizona prevailed 4-3.  Edgar Gonzalez pitched five solid innings and he struck out five and the pen did their job as well.  At the […]

This was pretty ugly.  Doug Davis gave up a ton of baserunners in his five innings of work but he at least kept the Diamondbacks in the game.  I can’t say the same thing about the pen though as J.D. Durbin was tagged for seven run in only 2/3 of inning.  So his ERA stands […]

The Diamondbacks lost a tough one last night in a eleven inning game.  They actually took the lead in the top of the eleventh but then Jose Valverde gave up two runs in the bottom half of the inning to blow the game.
A great start by Livan Hernandez went to waste.  He gave up two runs […]

I guess this is what’s expected when you open at Colorado.  The Diamondbacks scored three runs in the eighth inning and overcame a 6-5 deficit to win it 8-6 on opening day.  Eric Byrnes and Orlando Hudson each had three hits and two RBIs while Stephen Drew singled and scored twice.  Even Scott Hairston got […]

Prospect guru John Sickels posted what he thinks centerfielder Chris Young will do in his career.  He has him leaving the Diamondbacks after he puts in his six years and he has him putting up a pretty solid career.  No 30/30 seasons but he comes close.  And I guess I could live with that 2007 […]

I thought we’d get a bit more for Jorge Julio but the Diamondbacks traded for Marlins quasi-prospect Yusmeiro Petit.  Julio came over to the Diamondbacks from the Mets in the Orlando Hernandez trade and he eventually took over as closer.  Now we shipped him off to a 22 year old who was bombed in the majors […]

Jim McLennan at the Hardball Times previewed the Diamondbacks today and he talks about how, based on the projections from their preview book, the Diamondbacks are expected to have the best record in the National League in 2007.  That seems kind of low, but it also goes to show you that while a lot of […]

The Diamondbacks dropped another spring game, this time to the Angels.  Enrique Gonzalez got the start and while he went five innings, he gave up four runs on seven hits and two walks.  Jorge Julio was also hit hard and he was tagged for three runs in a single frame.
Conor Jackson had three hits as […]

In an interesting article over at Baseball America, Jack Magruder takes a look at how the Diamondbacks could follow the Tigers as one of the great come back stories.  It wasn’t that long ago that the Diamondbacks lost 111 games and now after getting Randy Johnson back, the team looks primed to compete in the […]

Here’s a great column by ESPN.com’s Jerry Crasnick about Brandon Webb and his sinker.  Some of the quotes from outfielder Eric Byrnes are pretty funny and there’s some good stuff about Webb’s personal life and then there’s some good quotes from some of Webb’s competitors.  Nice read.

The Rangers took it to the Diamondbacks this afternoon in a 9-8 beatdown.  The Diamondbacks did show something though because they stormed back and made a game of it after being down 9-1.  Livan Hernandez gave up all nine runs (seven earned) on ten hits and he gave up two homeruns.  Not a good start […]