D-Backs Still World Series Contenders? YES! YES! YES!
I am a wrestling fan. Not as big as I used to be, but I watch enough to keep up with current happenings. One of the big stars in WWE right now is Daniel Bryan. What does…Read More
With Division Title Hopes Toast, D-Back Fans Need to Focus on Winning a Wild Card
They are now 10.5 games out of first place. Their #2 pitcher has been missing since week two of the season. And if you read the comments by fans on mlb.com, their best player…Read More
Dodgers’ Sale Raises the Bar for the D-Backs
The sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers in late March to a group headed by Lakers’ legend Magic Johnson is certainly good for the game of baseball. It will revitalize one of the game’s most storied…Read More
A Budding D-Back Fan in New York : Lonely in a Land of 8 million
So I am about six weeks into my gig as a staff writer for Venomstrikes covering the Arizona Diamondbacks. I have to say it has been a lot of fun following a team that is not from New York, particularly…Read More
Trevor Cahill’s Spring: Annual Rite or Harbinger of Things to Come?
Yes, I know the games don’t count. And yes, we shouldn’t be too alarmed if a pitcher can’t find the strike zone or too excited if a pitcher has an ERA of 0.36. But it is March…Read More
Miguel Montero and D-Backs Halt Contract Talks; Should Fans be Worried?
Talks broke off earlier this week between Miguel Montero and the Arizona Diamondbacks regarding…Read More
D-Back GM Kevin Towers Looking to Bring a World Series Title to Arizona
With Spring Training games set to begin this weekend and the focus here at Venomstrikes is giving…Read More
Arizona Loses? A Different View of the 2012 D-Backs
Most, if not all of us here at Venomstrikes think the Arizona Diamondbacks will…Read More
Where is the Love for the D-Backs?
Throughout much of this offseason and now into the early days of Spring Training, the chatter…Read More
For D-Backs and Their Fans, Spring Training Couldn’t Get Here Fast Enough
It is here. Finally, FINALLY Spring Training has arrived. And for the Arizona Diamondbacks…Read More
Kirk Gibson Trying to Achieve Rare Combo of Great Career, Great Manager
There is a saying in baseball that, for the most part, great players do not make for a successful manager.…Read More
The Arizona Diamondbacks: So Much Success in So Little Time
As we chug toward Spring Training, it is worth noting that the Arizona Diamondbacks are entering their…Read More
2012 Diamondbacks Have Room for Improvement
Much has been and will continue to be documented just how good the 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks…Read More
Dbacks Fans, the 2011 Season is Now Officially Over for Everyone
For the Arizona Diamondbacks, the season ended three weeks ago, however for everyone it ended last night…Read More
Arizona Diamondbacks Make First Moves of Off-Season
So it begins. The cleansing of 2011 and the beginning of 2012 is here. The World Series may still…Read More
Dbacks Start Off-Season, Looking Forward to 2012
As Arizona Diamondbacks players were cleaning out their lockers on Saturday, many of us couldn’t…Read More
Dbacks Better 10 Years Later and So Am I
Ten years ago today, 35,000 of you attended my wedding. Some of you probably remember that day too. …Read More
Dbacks Division Title Proves Predictions Mean Nothing
So, this morning I decided to go back and look at ESPN and see who predicted who just before the season…Read More
Dbacks-Phillies Series 6-Pack
I had the opportunity to do a question and answer session with Philadelphia Phillies blogger Justin Klough,…Read More
Give Marquis and Ziegler Each a Mulligan
Let’s be honest, it was a pretty big stage for newly acquired Arizona Diamondbacks Jason Marquis…Read More














