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Outstanding Pitching Leads to Second Consecutive Shutout

Scott Allen — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 03:49:23 +0000


A nice pitchers dual at Chase Field tonight.  The Arizona Diamondbacks Joe  Saunders won the battle over the Washington Nationals Livan  Hernandez 2-0 in what was the second consecutive shutout for the Dbacks.  When the offense lacks, the pitching picks up.  That's what winning teams do.  A couple of weeks ago early in this string of wins, it was the other way around.

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Diamondbacks Quick Hits

Scott Allen — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:06:06 +0000

Now that the World Series is over, free agency has begun. The Arizona Diamondbacks have started to make their off-season roster moves.

Pitcher Brandon Webb had his option picked up. As well as it should have been. Webb has done the most for this franchise since the 2001 World Series. It’s just a shame it took this long for the Dbacks to say they’ll give him another shot.

Infielder Chad Tracy is no more. Also no more is pitcher Yusmeiro Petit and Doug Slaten. None of these three were surprises. Tracy was more a victim of circumstance and injury. Petit and Slaten just weren’t that good. Petit looked good for two or three weeks in August, but other than that they were basically a waste of space on the field.

Catcher Chris Snyder was almost traded to the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. The his bad back came to light and the Blue Jays decided against. We almost had Lyle Overbay back. Color me the most excited that this trade did not happen. Snyder will be gone at some point no doubt, but why Overbay? Makes no sense.

Rumor is that the Dbacks are looking to get Livan Hernandez back. Again, why? I guess the Dbacks missed diarrhea boy. Don’t foget, this was the guy a couple of seasons ago said he would play through anything, including a bout of diarrhea. No, really, he said that.

Oh the fun is just starting….

Scott Allen

Dbacks Win Monday, Lose Tuesday

Scott Allen — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:16:43 +0000

The Arizona Diamondbacks had a good time in Mesa on Monday, defeating the Chicago Cubs 9-1. Today they got to face their former teammate Randy Johnson, in Scottsdale, against the San Francisco Giants. The Big Unit struck out seven batters en route to a 7-6 victory.

Starting pitcher Doug Davis took care of every batter he faced on Tuesday, although he revealed he’s been dealing with an arm condition for about 5 years and has been on medication since. Hmmm, ok. Why are we finding out about this now? Although, it must not be too serious or we’d have already know about it. I liken this story to a couple of years ago when Livan Hernandez decided to share he’d pitch even with diarrhea. Nice. I was looking for something to surprise us this spring. Although not as grotesque, just as equally surprising.

Scott Allen