Category: NL West
Monday, February 18th, 2013
The Arizona Diamondbacks will have a completely different look to their roster in 2013. That's not a good thing. Sure, they had a disappointing 2012 campaign, finishing third in the NL West, but it's hard to imagine them doing better than that after what they did to their roster this ...
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Monday, December 17th, 2012
The Los Angeles Dodgers are expected to have the highest payroll in the history of Major League Baseball this season. Fortunately for Los Angeles, it has a manager who has some experience with teams sporting hefty payrolls. After all, Don Mattingly was teamed up with Joe Torre in the New ...
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
The San Francisco Giants have had to deal with a lot this year. Tim Lincecum got off to a slow start, Melky Cabrera, who was having a tremendous season, was suspended 50 games for steroids and the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Giants’ biggest threat in the NL West, made a ...
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Monday, March 26th, 2012
For Buster Posey, 2011 was a season to forget. The Giants best offensive player was injured at the end of May in a frightening home-plate collision with Florida’s Scott Cousins The All-Star catcher watched from home as his team’s chances to repeat as World Series champions went down the drain ...
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
As spring training opens, Arizona Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson is doing his best to make sure his team is mentally ready. Perhaps that seems a little bit odd right now as pitchers and catchers report, as this time of year is typically all about getting physically ready for the season. ...
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Thursday, September 8th, 2011
They might not have as much talent as other teams around the league and their roster is full of youthful exuberance, but the Arizona Diamondbacks look like a team ready to take the division crown from the reigning World Champions. Not only does it look like Arizona has San Francisco’s ...
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Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
After 17 seasons as a major leaguer and spending the last seven as a bench coach, Kirk Gibson has finally got his shot at managing a ball club with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Gibson brings instant credibility and a much-needed attitude adjustment to a team that has become accustomed to finishing ...
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
So far this season, the Padres have been the most surprising team in baseball. Just about one month ago or so, the Padres were in command in the NL West despite having one of the smaller payrolls in Major League Baseball. However, a recent ten game losing streak almost closed ...
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Monday, June 7th, 2010
No matter what he does now with the Arizona Diamondbacks, Dontrelle Willis will likely always be remembered for the Hide0 Nomo-esque hype he generated when his high leg kick and explosive delivery helped to earn him the National League Rookie of the Year award in 2003. Willis went 14-6 that ...
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Will Venable RF, David Eckstein 2B, Adrian Gonzalez 1B, Chase Headley 3B, Yorvit Torrealba C, Jerry Hairston Jr. SS, Chris Denorfia LF, Tony Gwynn Jr. CF... These are your first place San Diego Padres. That's the lineup from Tuesday night. And it's essentially the everyday lineup. There may be a ...
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