Ah, the end of interleague play, facing off against the Oakland As, and a familiar face in the opposing dugout.

Series Previews:

• [DBacks.com] Melvin set to welcome a familiar foe - Oakland is welcoming Rich Harden back from the DL- his first appearance of the season.

• [FS Arizona] Today on FOX Sports Arizona: D-backs at Athletics, 7 p.m. - The As are struggling- only 2-6 in their last eight games.

• [Modesto Bee] Arizona Diamondbacks (44-38) at Oakland Athletics (36-46) - Justin Upton says the team will have to stay focused against their old manager. "That's who I came up playing for, and the relationship is there. But at the same time, he wants to win, and so do we."

• [DBacks.com] Arizona Diamondbacks have plan to beat All-Star Week heat - It's a good thing, otherwise we'd probably have a lot of visitors with heat exhaustion. They are going to see about opening the roof for the last round of the home run derby, though.

• [FS Arizona] D-backs' June was all about maintenance - The Diamondbacks moved into contention with a big May, but June was just keeping them there.

• [Venom Strikes] State of the Arizona Diamondbacks - Why are the Diamondbacks sitting at twelve games better than they were this time last year? Well, you might want to look at the pitching.

• [D'Backs Central] Time for Zach Duke, Juan Miranda To Go - We've already gotten rid of Melvin Mora. But who will be next?

Some More DBacks News:

• [AZ Central] Diamondbacks not satisfied with being overachievers - Chris Young says the team feels they're capable of winning the division. But we may see some upgrades to the roster before end of the month.

• [Beyond the Box Score] Is Daniel Hudson one of Baseball's Elite Starters? - I'm still surprised to think that the White Sox gave us Hudson and another pitcher for Edwin Jackson.

• [ThePostGame] The Ballad Of Wily Mo Pena - Wily Mo Pena's home runs seem to develop into myths nearly as soon as he hits them.

• [MLB.com] Mike Piazza, Luis Gonzalez to manage the 2011 XM Future's Game squads - We'll see a familiar face coaching the World team for the Future's Game.

Around Baseball: 

• [SI.com] Adam Dunn proving that changing teams can wreak havoc on players - Adam Dunn is hitting .019 against lefthanders. 1 single in 53 at-bats. Seriously?

• [Big League Stew] Controversial question: Should Seattle trade Michael Pineda? - A 22 year-old putting up a 2.65 ERA, under control through 2016? They could get a great deal, but it's selling off a lot of future potential.

• [Baseball Nation] Classifying MLB's Closer Celebrations - A very thorough analysis.

• [FanGraphs] Is Fenway Helping Or Hurting Adrian Gonzalez? - Compared to Petco, it pretty much has to be helping.