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Diamondbacks Farm Round-Up 5/16: One More Time Edition

One more day in High Desert for the Rawhide, as they capped off their three-game set on Wednesday. Predictably, it was another wild and woolly affair with a total of 20 runs on 27 hits, although there were no single-game all-time Cal League records matched like there were on Tuesday. Visalia finally leaves that forsaken wind tunnel of a park today, beginning a homestand that first sees them take on San Jose, so we can expect a return to actual baseball in a park that only slightly helps out hitters.

Snakelet of the Day:

Chris Owings (Hi-A): 4-5, 2B, HR, R, 2 RBI, K, HBP, CS

Hi-A Visalia's Upcoming Schedule: Home Series vs. San Jose and Bakersfield (NOT AT HIGH DESERT)

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This Day In Diamondbacks History: May 16

Overall: 5-9 - Home: 3-5 - Road: 2-4

  • 1978: Nick Bierbrodt born. Bierfbrodt was the first ever player picked by the Diamondbacks in the June draft, being our opening round pick - 30th overall - the first time we got to take part, in 1996. It didn't really pan out, with only Dee Brown of the first-rounders that year producing less fWAR than Bierbrodt in their careers to date. We could have taken Jimmie Rollins, Nick Johnson or, er. Milton Bradley instead, all of whom were selected in the second or third rounds, and thus after Bierbrodt.

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Diamondbacks 1, Rockies 6: The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same

A.J. Pollock: MLB center fielder, or guy who looks like he's trying to escape from taser-armed security staff after running onto the field?

Record: 16-22. Pace: 68-94. Change on last season: 0

Jamie Moyer became the oldest starting pitcher to win a game in baseball history, for the second time this season, as his wily left-handed off-speed stuff succeeded in keeping the D-backs monumentally off balance. All we mustered off Moyer was a Cody Ransom RBI double, and with the aid of some spectacularly inept defense - how does the pitcher managed to drive in two runs with an infield squibber? - Patrick Corbin succumbed to defeat. Dan will be along with the recap in a bit, but just stare at the box-score in the meantime. Try to avoid sobbing gently.

Thanks, Jim. I'm (Dan) here. Hey, Jim said to avoid the sobbing.


Final - 5.16.2012 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Arizona Diamondbacks 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0
Colorado Rockies 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 X 6 9 1
WP: Jamie Moyer (2 - 3)
LP: Patrick Corbin (2 - 2)

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Gameday Thread, #38: 5/16 vs. Rockies

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Patrick Corbin
LHP, 2-1, 4.50

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Jamie Moyer
LHP, 1-3, 4.66

Jamie Moyer made his debut on June 16, 1986, beating the Phillies.The pitcher who opposed Moyer and lost to him on that day, Steve Carlton, is now aged 67. That more or less sums up the amazing longevity on display tonight, who continues to defy Father Time in a way that can only be explained by a very geriatric painting, hanging in a corner of Chez Moyer. Either that, or he's a vampire: anyone checked to see if he has appeared in any day games this season? Still, if he were to crumble into a pile of pitching dust this evening, impaled on a shard of maple, we wouldn't necessarily mind.

Line-uo and where the Diamondbacks were on the day Moyer reached the big leagues, after the jump.

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SnakeBytes, 5/16: High Five Edition

Gerardo Parra indicates the number of runs Arizona needs to score in order to win.

The Diamondbacks' last four wins have all come when scoring exactly five runs,. Indeed, we are 9-1 this season when putting up a five-spot. Which is odd, because we are only 5-3 when scoring more than five times. Guess that lulls our pitchers into a false sense of security or something. Suspect five runs might not be enough in the next couple of games, this being Coors Field...

Recaps

  • [AZ Central] Diamondbacks offense comes alive in win over Dodgers - "For weeks, their lineup has been filled with hitters trying to make up for a bad month and a half with one big swing. But, on this night, at least, they seemed to realize that less is more."
  • [MLB] Miley slows Dodgers as D-backs end slide - "I was trying to stick with Miggy and keep challenging guys and throwing strikes, quality pitches and let the defense play," Miley said. "I was commanding the fastball early in the count and I was able to work off of that. He called a great game tonight. We didn't get away from the plan. Everything he put down we went with and it was fortunate that it worked out."
  • [AP] Diamondbacks top Dodgers 5-1 - ''The biggest thing was getting the bases loaded, and guys came through with big hits,'' Bloomquist said. 'If you were trying to be picky, we left a lot of guys on base. The positive is, we had a lot of guys on base.''
  • [True Blue LA] Billingsley, Dodgers Comfortable With Progress, But Not Results In Loss - "The Dodgers hope that the results come soon for Billingsley, who has allowed 20 runs (16 earned) in 24 1/3 innings over his last five starts, with 15 walks and 20 strikeouts. That beginning of the season for Billingsley, with featured a 1.33 ERA through three starts with just one walk and 17 strikeouts, is starting to seem like a long time ago."

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Diamondbacks Ups and Downs: May 9th - May 16th

Up up and away? Maybe?  (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

The pitching and offense both struggled on the home stand last week, so don't expect much out of a 2-5 week. However, some players seem to be turning their ships around. We just need this flotilla to all go the same direction.

Read on to see how all the Diamondbacks have done this past week.

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Pick 6 T-Shirt Contest Update

Tuesday Week to date Daily Score
Player Pts
1 PR151 47.5
2 blank_38 44.4
3 Scottyyy 40.0
4 DC_Dbacks_Fan17 38.9
5 porty99 37.1
Player Pts
1 dbacksfan414 90.3
2 Scottyyy 79.6
3 PR151 79.4
4 Cardscrazy247 76.7
5 USAFIDMT 67.5
Player Pts
1 dbacksfan414 57.5
2 Cardscrazy247 55.7
3 USAFIDMT 51.7
4 PR151 47.5
5 dback4life 46.9
The many people who went with The Strasburg for yesterday's pick were likely hoping for better than four innings, with seven hits and four runs allowed. That may have depressed Tuesday's scoring overall, with no 50-point scores and only winner PR151 cracking the top five daily scores this week. They also move into third on the cumulative chart, behind Scottyyy and current leader, dbacksfan414. First pitch today is a little after 3:30pm Arizona time, so you've got a good chance to get your picks in.

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Fan Confidence: Roulette Offensive

May 15, 2012; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Arizona Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson (23) watches from the dugout during the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-US PRESSWIRE

It doesn't seem that long ago that the Diamondbacks had a dangerous offense. Sure, there was tremendous strikeout potential, but with that also came power and runs. Even if no one guy was mashing 40 or 50 home runs, nearly every regular player seeming was hitting 15 or 20. If they did anything wrong it wasn't striking out, it was playing on teams that had tremendously awful or inconsistent pitching.

So changes were made and the Diamondbacks we used to know went away. There's nothing wrong with change, and there's more than one way to construct a winning team. The dampened offense is only noticeable during losing streaks, when it seems like getting any runs will be an impossible task.

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