Venom Strikes » Jerry Colangelo http://venomstrikes.com An Arizona Diamondbacks Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Wed, 22 May 2013 19:46:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Changing Chase Field a Mistake http://venomstrikes.com/2010/08/27/changing-chase-field-a-mistake/ http://venomstrikes.com/2010/08/27/changing-chase-field-a-mistake/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:00:59 +0000 Scott Allen http://venomstrikes.com/?p=869 What's with all this talk of the Arizona Diamondbacks changing the dimensions of Chase Field in order to make it less of a hitters park?  Really?  I think making any changes is a mistake.  A big one. The Dbacks are concerned with teams coming in and being able to scatter all those hits to all [...]

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What's with all this talk of the Arizona Diamondbacks changing the dimensions of Chase Field in order to make it less of a hitters park?  Really?  I think making any changes is a mistake.  A big one.

The Dbacks are concerned with teams coming in and being able to scatter all those hits to all the special nooks and crannies the field has to offer.  Also they are talking about pushing fences back and raising their heights.  Pitcher friendly, yes.  Fan friendly, not.

I think the Diamondbacks are losing some focus here.  Changing the dimensions certainly can alter the hitting stats anywhere.  However, do they realize that changing all of those things not only affects the opponent, but themselves as well?  Derrick Hall, please tell me you've thought of that too!  I got an idea.  How about going and getting better pitching, then you don't have to worry about the field dimensions?  I know, radical idea.  I'm crazy that way.

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]]> http://venomstrikes.com/2010/08/27/changing-chase-field-a-mistake/feed/ 0 Proposed Three-Way Deal Not Good For Dbacks http://venomstrikes.com/2009/12/08/proposed-three-way-deal-not-good-for-dbacks/ http://venomstrikes.com/2009/12/08/proposed-three-way-deal-not-good-for-dbacks/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:27:20 +0000 Scott Allen http://venomstrikes.com/?p=425 By now you’ve heard about the proposed on again off again deal involving the Diamondbacks, Tigers, and Yankees.  In the deal, the Diamondbacks would get pitchers Edwin Jackson and Ian Kennedy.  In return, the Dbacks send pitcher Max Scherzer and Daniel Schlereth.  Please say it ain’t so Josh Byrnes!!! Don’t get me wrong, I like [...]

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]]> By now you’ve heard about the proposed on again off again deal involving the Diamondbacks, Tigers, and Yankees.  In the deal, the Diamondbacks would get pitchers Edwin Jackson and Ian Kennedy.  In return, the Dbacks send pitcher Max Scherzer and Daniel Schlereth.  Please say it ain’t so Josh Byrnes!!!

Don’t get me wrong, I like Jackson.  I don’t like the money situation.  If the Dbacks get Jackson, they are on the hook for some serious money.  So much so, it probably leaves them out of the running for any more free agents in this off-season.  What is also does is it rids the Dbacks of Max Scherzer and Daniel Schlereth, two young promising arms.  I realize we still don’t know what the right role for Scherzer is, whether it is as a starter or reliever.  However, thius team over the past few years has been known to give up on promising talent early.  Brad Penny, Lyle Overbay, Dan Uggla, I could go on forever.  I worry the Dbacks hit the panic mode before they know what they have.  On the flip side, they tend to hang on to veterans a little too long.  You know them too, names like Eric Byrnes, Tony Clark, Doug Slaten, again just to name a few.  I will never understand Josh Byrnes and this current organization.  At least win or lose, you knew what you were getting when Jerry Colangelo and Steve Garagiola were running the show.

I know what we will get if this deal is pulled off.  A couple of decent arms that are going to cost some money that will not be around as long as Scherzer and Schlereth.  Ughhh….do I really want Spring Training to come along?

Scott Allen

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