Venom Strikes » 2011 Spring Training http://venomstrikes.com An Arizona Diamondbacks Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:19:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 D-Backs Proving that With Talent Comes Lack of Headlines http://venomstrikes.com/2012/02/22/d-backs-proving-that-with-talent-comes-lack-of-headlines/ http://venomstrikes.com/2012/02/22/d-backs-proving-that-with-talent-comes-lack-of-headlines/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:59:43 +0000 http://venomstrikes.com/?p=3144 As Tom Lynch noted, the D-Backs appear to have become the Rodney Dangerfields of MLB. No respect. However, to me it seems that the lack of publicity surrounding the D-Backs at this point is due to the lack of headlines that followed the team and of the apparent growing disparity in the division between the [...]

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As Tom Lynch noted, the D-Backs appear to have become the Rodney Dangerfields of MLB. No respect.

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In really what is no surprise, Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Mike Hampton called it a career today and retired from baseball.  Hampton has a 11.17 ERA in nine games this spring.  He had given up 12 runs in just 9.2 innings.  The writing was on the wall.

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