Venom Strikes » Don Mattingly http://venomstrikes.com An Arizona Diamondbacks Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Tue, 21 May 2013 07:46:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Kirk Gibson Trying to Achieve Rare Combo of Great Career, Great Manager http://venomstrikes.com/2012/02/09/kirk-gibson-trying-to-achieve-rare-combo-of-great-career-great-manager/ http://venomstrikes.com/2012/02/09/kirk-gibson-trying-to-achieve-rare-combo-of-great-career-great-manager/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:12:14 +0000 Thomas Lynch http://venomstrikes.com/?p=2989 There is a saying in baseball that, for the most part, great players do not make for a successful manager. There are a handful of people that have been able to becomes big successes as both a player and manager. Kirk Gibson  , the current manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks , is out to prove that [...]

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Oct 1, 2011; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Arizona Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson before game one of the 2011 NLDS against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-US PRESSWIRE

There is a saying in baseball that, for the most part, great players do not make for a successful manager. There are a handful of people that have been able to becomes big successes as both a player and manager.

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]]> For the Arizona Diamondbacks, the season ended three weeks ago, however for everyone it ended last night with the St. Louis Cardinals World Series win.  Before we get into the many moves teams will start making next week once free agency starts, let’s take a quick look back at what things of the 2011 season I will miss and won’t miss.

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