Archive for February, 2009

26 Feb

Dbacks 2-0 Despite Davis

No need to get too excited yet, however the Arizona Diamondbacks are 2-0 to start spring training.
They started with a 5-3 win over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday and then defeated the Cleveland Indians 15-9 today in Goodyear.
Doug Davis is off to a stellar start.  He came in today and pitched 1.1 innings and gave [...]

22 Feb

Dbacks Already Take a Sick Day

Only four days into Spring Training and the Dbacks are already calling in sick.  Usually they wait until the end of May or early June before starting to call it in.
Ok ok, maybe that isn’t fair; however, if you showed up to watch practice today, you had a better chance of watching the sprinklers go [...]

18 Feb

Jackson Avoids Arbitration

Well, the Arizona Diamondbacks avoided having to go to salary arbitration today by signing outfielder Conor Jackson.
I like the move.  It means to me that the Diamondbacks want to take care of the guys they plan on having around for awhile and shows the Diamondbacks vested interest in Jackson and his long term future here.
Today [...]

15 Feb

Should “Anybody, Anytime” Be Revived?

You remember the 2007 motto, Anybody, Anytime? Since we were able to secure Tony Clark for 2009, don’t you think we should revive the theme? Ok, maybe not, but here it is to start getting into the mood!

15 Feb

Byrnes Arrives With Pitchers and Catchers

No, the Arizona Diamonbacks are not going to experiment with outfielder Eric Byrnes as a pitcher of catcher.  It may have only seemed that way when he reported to camp with group on Saturday.
After a dismal 2008 season plagued with poor play and injury, Byrnes comes into the 2009 season as the team’s fourth outfielder.  [...]

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