Garagiola speaking during today's press conference, where he officially announced his retirement after almost 60 years doing commentary. It's a fascinating collection of anecdotes, tales and baseball history, told with his inimitable style.
The pitchers and catchers have duly reported, so the first day of spring training is in the books. What did Kirk Gibson have to say, in his first media briefing of the pre-season.
Audio from this afternoon's press conference, in which GM Kevin Towers and manager Kirk Gibson discuss the trade of Justin Upton and Chris Johnson for Martin Prado, Randall Delgado and prospects.
Patrick Corbin made his major-league debut for the Diamondbacks, picking up a win and pitching into the sixth inning, with a very solid first appearance in the major leagues. Here's what he had to...
A lot of gnashing of teeth about the bullpen, but I think what's probably been overlooked in today's loss, is that the Arizona offense managed exactly no hits over the final 25 outs. Their last hit...
After today's game, Diamondbacks outfielder Chris Young and general manager Kevin Towers spoke about the former's injury, and his prospects for recovery. An MRI earlier today revealed a slight ligament tear in Young's right shoulder.
A special, pre-game edition of SnakeSounds today! We have Kirk Gibson discussing the recent injuries to the team, and also newcomer A.J. Pollock talking about his call-up to the big leagues. P...
Well, that was a disappointing night at the park, fun though it was to hang with edbigghead, his Dad and the late arriving Mrs. SnakePit. Started off well, but the loss of Young seemed to take the...
Hello... Hello... Is this thing on? I'm pleased to announce the return of SnakeSounds, with the D-backs having found their post-game microphone in time for this home-stand, which opened with a 5-1...
Trevor Bauer discusses his outing this afternoon, in which he retired all six batters faced. Thanks to Seth Pollack of SB Nation Arizona for the audio. Player loading...
After a highly-impressive start to his major-league career, Jarrod Parker's post-season debut was highly-anticipated by Diamondbacks. Unfortunately, it proved a short-lived appearance, as he...
The Diamondbacks ended their regular season by scoring five runs in the ninth, but still fell 7-5 to the Dodgers. They finish with 94 wins, an improvement of 29 on last year.
Well. What can I say? That was unexpected. Nope. I got nothing else. Here are Kirk Gibson, Jarrod Parker and Ryan Roberts. Player loading...
Meh. I'll go into a more detailed analysis of the game in the recap, though it will probably also include the word "meh". Daniel Hudson needed to throw a few more pitches in the bullpen, it seems,...
That was a lot of fun. Sweeping the Giants in front of a packed house made for an excellent final SnakePitFest, despite a certain "ace's" decision to fire a fastball at the skull of our best...
As noted in the Gameday Thread, tonight's power outage was caused by the last of the Giants fans climbing off their World Series bandwagon, and turning the lights off. However, said bandwagon is...
Well, that was a little closer than expected. When we were 8-1 up after three, I didn't expect to see the tying run come to the plate in the eighth inning. Still, the end result is what matters,...
Well, our magic number today is one less than it was yesterday. Admittedly, not because of our own efforts: Daniel Hudson was meh, David Hernandex was meh, and the offense was meh-squared until...
Was that the best evening ever at the ball-park? Certainly a contender, right up there with epic nights like SnakePitFest Gonzo Retirement Night Chris Young Walk-off Homer Palooza, and we had to...
96.7%. That's our coolstandings.com title percentage after tonight's results. Sure, we've lost three games in a row. One was to a possible Cy Young winner, the other was with our #4 and #5 starters...
Well, that was uninspiring. Still, as noted in the GDT, tonight was the first time the team has lost back-to-back games since the end of the six-game losing streak, in Washington on August 22. That...
So near, and yet... Oh, well: we'll settle for another series win, and move on to the West coast. By the time the team returns to Phoenix, we should hopefully be close to clinching the division;...
Well, that was interesting... Seems like the D-backs in general, and Chris Young in particular, like to step it up on momentous occasions. Anyone recall CY hitting a home run in the ninth to seal...
I think today went about as well as could possibly be hoped. The Diamondbacks won, Daniel Hudson notched the victory with a complete game, Justin Upton hit homer #30, and Miguel Montero extended...
"I hate playing there!" -- Justin Upton on Colorado Who can blame you, J-Up... Ian Kennedy picked up his 19th win of the year, and also got passed the 200 innings mark - with three starts likely...
Ouch. That left a mark. For the second night in a row, the Diamondbacks pitching staff imploded in the late innings, and this time, it cost us the game. David Hernandez couldn't get the third out,...
