SnakeBytes 9/10: Purple Edition

So, if you want to get your replica ring, I hope you're reading this from in the park- lines apparently started up early...

Recaps:

• [AZ Sports] Hudson channels his inner Schilling - 15 of our last 17, and tied with the Indians for the longest home winning streak of the season. Shiny.

• [DBacks.com] Overbay delivers in eighth as D-backs rally - Appropriate for the throwback uniform day that our throwback player would get the big hit.

• [AZ Central] Daniel Hudson tosses complete game; Diamondbacks beat Padres on throwback night
  -Great to see a strong outing of Huddy. They may not be the Phillies top starters, but you have to feel pretty happy with the top of our rotation.

• [FS Arizona] On reunion weekend, Overbay reprises 2001 - I had forgotten that Overbay was actually on the team in 2001- though he wasn't on for much of the season, obviously.

• [AHN] Tim Hudson goes the distance vs. Padres; D-backs hike NL West lead - Yeah, that says Tim Hudson. Maybe this team still has some recognition problems among the media...

DBacks News:

• [AZ Central] Diamondbacks' Kirk Gibson lets stars' performance do talking - Gibby isn't going to be making a big pitch for his players to win post season awards- he'll let them do that themselves, on the field.

• [Yahoo! Sports] Hats off to a company man in Arizona - Kevin Towers may be reaping a lot of the attention for the DBacks turn-around. But there's another guy who deserves some praise...

• [Capital Times] Brewers notes: Diamondbacks closing fast - We're putting the pressure on Milwaukee in the standings- too bad we can't play them in the first round, after this season's shenanigans, it might be interesting.

• [Sacramento Bee] Diamondbacks will honor Colangelo - The Arizona sports scene owes a lot to Jerry Colangelo for its very existence, and he'll throw out the first pitch at tonight's game.

• [DBacks Venom] The Diamondbacks' Outfield Defense is Very Good, but Can Their Outstanding UZR Numbers be Trusted? - There's a lot of variation in defensive stats- how does our outfield stack up?

• [Baseball Nation] The Rise of Ian Kennedy - Yankees fans are probably missing him. And rightfully so.

Around Baseball:

• [Big League Stew] Home run hijinks: Alex Presley giveth, Jeff Francoeur taketh away - Frenchy!

• [SI.com] San Francisco Giants reliever Jeremy Affeldt out for season - He cut his hand while separating frozen hamburgers. Seriously, Giants, this is getting ridiculous. And use a fork next time, dude.

• [HardballTalk] Jake Peavy shut down for the rest of the year - Every time I read about Jake Peavy, I just think back to when he was so effective and feared, and shake my head.

• [FanGraphs] Mark Reynolds Is Horri-Bad at Defense - Aw, poor Mark. He looked better out there last season! Seriously, he did, I wrote a whole post on it.