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Dbacks Head to San Diego to Start Three-City Trip

Scott Allen — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 02:25:28 +0000

This is where the Arizona Diamondbacks will earn their money. They start a 9-game, 3-city road trip against the San Diego Padres tonight at Petco Park in San Diego. If they want to entertain any thoughts of winning the NL West, they must do no worse than 6-3 on this trip, preferably 7-2 or better and at least a couple of those wins had better be against the San Francisco Giants.

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We Can Now All Re-Focus After Lindsay Lohan Release

Scott Allen — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:41:57 +0000

It was fun while it lasted. Until this evening, we had an issue as mesmerizing as the Lindsay Lohan rehab tail to take our minds off of Arizona Diamondbacks baseball. Ok, now if we are all being honest, and I trust all Dbacks fans are, well, except for those scumbags that stole Luis Gonzalez bobbleheads from children everywhere, then you know you were more interested over the past couple of months in Lindsay Lohan.

The empty seats in Chase Field over the past couple of months don’t prove you were more interested in Lohan, however it does prove you were more interested in something else, right? Why not the Lohan saga? Hey, she’s getting released from Rehab tonight? Did you know, or care? Excited or more interested to see how long it takes for her to mis-step again? You’re right, I can’t lie anymore. Who cares! Bad or good, I am definitely more interested in the Arizona Diamondbacks. Not enough to go spend a gazillion dollars at Chase Field of course, let’s be real people.

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Dbacks Start Second Half Right Where They Left Off

Scott Allen — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 04:59:51 +0000

Yeah, that’s about what I expected tonight against the San Diego Padres.

The Arizona Diamondbacks are getting clobbered. Again. Currently they are well on their way to another loss. It’s 8-1 in the eighth inning. Starter Dan Haren fell apart in the fourth inning. I’ve noticed a trend with him. Once he gives up a couple of hits, he can’t seem to stop the bleeding. That has happened several times to him this season. After cruising for the most part through the first three innings, he gave up a double to the Padres’ David Eckstein. Then Adrian Gonzalez came up and deposited a ball into the left field stands. Game over.

It’s sad when you know a game is over in the fourth inning of a 2-1 ball game. However, this Dbacks team has proven time and time again, when things go against them, it’s like a free fall. They lose interest, they lose passion, they just plain lose. It sounds like a broken record, I know. What else is there to say though? I’ve almost, almost, run out of adjectives to describe this team’s play. The only surprises left this season are how much they will lose each game by and in what fashion?

No doubt the Dbacks will find their way to Petco Park again tomorrow night, but one has to wonder, if the team bus didn’t pick them up at their hotel, would they care to find an alternative to getting to the park or would they just go back to their rooms? Clearly tonight, they left their hearts there.