It wasn't the best of games for the D-backs yesterday - but, hey, that's why we have spring training. And it's still baseball, right? Here are some pics from the Cactus League opener at Salt River Fields, and a round-up of the other news of the day.

Part of the pre-season tradition involves all the players getting their pictures taken, for use by media during the upcoming year. Here's a selection of the more interesting ones to come out of the D-backs session.

The frozen wastes of...er, Scottsdale were too much for the Diamondbacks to cope with yesterday, so they relocated to warmer climes, e.g. Phoenix. Here's details of that, a gallery of some of the best Twitpics of the day, and all the other news.