Melvin's staff to return intact next season

The Diamondbacks reached agreements with the remainder of manager Bob Melvin's staff, ensuring that all of the club's coaches will be back for 2009. "This entire staff has been here most of the last two years, and for the most part we've played well," General Manager Josh Byrnes said. "Obviously, this past year we fell short of our goals. The staff has done good job, and we want to keep it together and get back to playing at a postseason level."

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So much for installing an actual windmill at third base.

by Azreous on Oct 21, 2008 1:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

+1

nice!

"So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish!"

by unnamedDBacksfan on Oct 21, 2008 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

There were

problems with customs from the Netherlands. Not to mention the organization’s supposedly new focus on “fiscal responsibility.” I’m looking at you, Eric Byrnes’ extension.

I have an irrational mancrush on Stephen Drew.

by Snakebitten on Oct 21, 2008 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

But they could have used it

To power the stadium lights too!

by Jim McLennan on Oct 21, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

::sigh::

Guess they’ll have to stick to the hamster wheels.

"If the government's nuclear football ever were to fall into the wrong hands, Chris Horton would be called upon to intercept it on behalf of the Pentagon." -Kissing Suzy Kolber

by DbacksSkins on Oct 21, 2008 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don't forget the light rail......

They are takin’ names for that ya know….any suggestions?

How could he lose the ball in the sun....he's from Mexico.

by Hoytsstash on Oct 22, 2008 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's okay.

You can get ’em from Spain for cheaper, but theirs are specially designed for jousting.

"If the government's nuclear football ever were to fall into the wrong hands, Chris Horton would be called upon to intercept it on behalf of the Pentagon." -Kissing Suzy Kolber

by DbacksSkins on Oct 21, 2008 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pros: cross trained for Euro football and the goal blocking

span would be useful in SS.

Cons: Uniform costs would be high and their footwork sucks.

Bob Melvin: Black Denarian in disguise.

by nargel on Oct 22, 2008 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

(shakes head)

fail (in place of another four-letter f-word).

Never give up. Never give in.

by pepperdinedevil on Oct 21, 2008 3:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

“fart”?

"If the government's nuclear football ever were to fall into the wrong hands, Chris Horton would be called upon to intercept it on behalf of the Pentagon." -Kissing Suzy Kolber

by DbacksSkins on Oct 21, 2008 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah.

That one.

The fundamentals of the economy are strong. Mmmhm.

by emilylovesthedbacks on Oct 21, 2008 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

fish?

I have an irrational mancrush on Stephen Drew.

by Snakebitten on Oct 21, 2008 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

farfrompuking?

Sorry VW….

"So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish!"

by unnamedDBacksfan on Oct 22, 2008 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

a tad more than

4 letters tho…..

"So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish!"

by unnamedDBacksfan on Oct 22, 2008 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Speaking of the staff...

Kirk Gibson in an ESPN piece about his homer off Eckersley 20 years ago:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3644345

Of note at the end:
“The Diamondbacks right now have some of the elements of the 1984 Tigers team I played with as champs. As you go along in baseball, you get better at dealing with adversity. We had a disastrous couple of weeks at the end of last season. We’ll refine things a bit and be more consistent.”

by Azreous on Oct 22, 2008 4:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I fixed it for Gibby

"We had a disastrous ~~couple of weeks~~ five months at the end of last season. We’ll refine things a bit and be more consistent."

by Jim McLennan on Oct 22, 2008 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Exactly

I was wondering, if we had a couple of disastrous weeks, what would he consider May through August?

"And a note to self that we must tread carefully if we wish not to give gratuitous offense, and even more carefully if we do wish to give it."
-Stephen Fry

by kishi on Oct 22, 2008 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not to wish to argue with Gibson

But our record over the last “couple of weeks at the end of last season” was actually 8-4. He might want to look at the end of May, when we went 3-10. We didn’t go better than 7-6 in any 13-game streak from May 4 until July 27. Those are the “couple of weeks” – times about six – that cost us the season.

by Jim McLennan on Oct 22, 2008 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Argue away

Hopefully the last part of his statement is more reliable than the rest. Aside from both teams having roughly the same number of baseball players with roughly the same number of arms, fingers and toes, I don’t see a huge relationship between last year’s D-Backs and a championship team.

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Oct 27, 2008 1:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs