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Arizona Fall League: Baseball In A Winter Wonderland
by Jim McLennan on Nov 8, 2011 12:11 PM EST
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The SnakePits, kishis and socos huddle together for warmth
I'm not saying it was cold last night at the Arizona Fall League... But they pinch-ran for one batter with a team of huskies. It was so chilly... [Altogether now: "How chilly was it?"] It was so chilly, that the grounds crew didn't rake the base-paths, they used a zamboni, and the fielders wore gloves on both hands. On this evening, AFL stood for All Frostbitten Limbs. Ok, slight exaggeration, though the box-score temperature of 57F was a sick fantasy by the time the game finished at 9:30pm [checking the nearest weather station, at 64th St + Osborn, 49F was closer]. But this was certainly not the Arizona I signed up for: y'know, the one with the palm-trees and the swimming-pools.
It was still a lot of fun - but, sorry Dan, this report probably won't be the place to see in-depth reports on prospects. Hey, what could I do, the ink froze solid in my pen...
16 commentsDiamondbacks 2, Brewers 3 - It All Ends Today
by snakecharmer on Oct 8, 2011 1:21 AM EDT
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Win or go home. Elation or Despair. One game, one result, one emotion. Which would it be?
Down in the series 2-0 when we last left Milwaukee, Arizona won both home games in decisive fashion to push the series back to Miller Park for Game 5. In a rematch of Game 1's starters, both were solid and the teams exchanged plenty of zeros. After losing an early 1-0 lead, it was only fitting that the Never Say Die-mondbacks pushed across the tying run in the top of the 9th inning. But the team ran out of comebacks, closer J.J. Putz gave up the winning single to Nyjer Morgan in the bottom of the 10th inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers advanced to the National League Championship Series.
Diamondbacks 10, Brewers 6: On the Road Again.
by Dan Strittmatter on Oct 6, 2011 1:21 AM EDT
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Two days ago, Arizona was done. Dead. Gone. History. An absolute afterthought of the post-season, lost amid a frenzy of coverage on the Yankees, Matt Moore, Sabathia vs. Verlander, the indestructible Phillies rotation, and Beast Mode. 48 hours later, Arizona has evened their series against the Brewers at two games apiece and will head back to Milwaukee for Game Five after scoring 18 runs in their offense's last 16 innings. See how the magic happened after the break. Oh, yeah, I almost forgot..........
I'M GOING BACK TO MILWAUKEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
D-backs Game Diary: NLDS Game Three Eyewitness
by Jim McLennan on Oct 5, 2011 3:33 AM EDT
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Well, that was amusing. I joined Mrs. SnakePit and around 48,000 of our closest personal friends [plus a few Milwaukee gatecrashers] for a quiet soiree at Chase Field, of genteel socializing and witty repartee, while a friendly game of base and ball unfolded on the green sward in front of us. All terribly calm and civilized, a thoroughly relaxing way to spend the even... Oh, who am I trying to kid. I don't think I've seen such an intense atmosphere at a sporting event, since my days of going to soccer matches in Britain [or, to use the Anglicized term for them, "riots"...] And I thought the roof was going to pop off the place on Goldschmidt's homer. Magic truly does happen.
DBacks 8, Brewers 1: Collmenter Cruises, Goldschmidt Happens
by kishi on Oct 5, 2011 1:00 AM EDT
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Being down 0-2 is never fun. Especially when your pitching has been struggling, your bats haven't shown up, and you're on the edge of elimination. But a change of scene sometimes is just the sort of thing that you need to shake things up, and the DBacks came home looking for a chance to catch their breath and fight back against the Brewers. And that's exactly what they got...
Brewers 9, Diamondbacks 4: Bullpen Reverts to 2010, Umpiring Sucks, Sky Falling, etc
by DbacksSkins on Oct 3, 2011 12:09 AM EDT
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The score pretty much says it all, though this game was tied until the 6th inning. Home runs from Paul Goldschmidt, Chris Young, and Justin Upton just weren't enough when the Brewers brought an offense, too. Gory details after the jump.
Diamondbacks 1, Brewers 4: O Offense, Where Art Thou?
by Wailord on Oct 1, 2011 6:02 PM EDT
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So, that happened.
In Arizona's first playoff appearance since 2007, the Diamondbacks failed to get into an offensive groove after a terrible baserunning miscue some Dbacks baseball in the first, while Yovani Gallardo shut down nearly everyone that walked up to the plate. It's certainly not how I envisioned Game One going (though, at least we aren't the Rangers), but, alas, this isn't football, so we've got a few games to spare. Plus, our team's shown in the past that they enjoy putting themselves in terrible positions before pulling out the awesome. With the loss, though, we're given much less slack and have to really bring it to Milwaukee tomorrow. Hit the jump for the details, or pretend that the first game of the series is tomorrow. Your choice.
Diamondbacks 5, Dodgers 7. Just Another Ho-Hum Loss.
by Dan Strittmatter on Sep 29, 2011 1:30 AM EDT
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About an hour ago, it seemed like this would be just another boring recap of a depressing loss to end the regular season. Heck, that's what it should have been. Arizona fell behind early as their starter struggled through six innings of work and their offense was shut down by a pitcher who they had tagged for six home runs and 13 earned runs in 23 innings (5.09 ERA) over the four previous times they had faced him this year. The D-backs feel further behind when they were forced to go to the bullpen, and were down by seven runs late in the game.
This recap was half-written, and it'd maybe be another 20 minutes after the end of the game to slap on the final details before I could post it and go rinse out the bad taste in my mouth from a regular-season finale that Arizona had mailed in. And why not? After all, Milwaukee had capped off a victory while Arizona was still in action and the Cardinals had finished their epic overtaking of the sputtering Braves, making the outcome of tonight's game literally irrelevant to the team's post-season path.
I forgot one important detail, though: these are the 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks. It just wouldn't be a fitting end to this team's regular season without a late-game rally.
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