SnakeBytes, 6/11: Finally Friday Edition

Is it safe?  Have we finally made it to the weekend?  Whew.

Previews:

• [CBSSports.com] Cardinals-Diamondbacks Preview - The Cardinals come to town on their longest losing streak of the season.  The Diamondbacks look at it and laugh- "You call that a losing streak?"

• [dbacks.com] Garcia looks to snap Cards' skid vs. D-backs - It's nice that after a tough matchup like Ubaldo Jimenez, the Green Lantern gets a little moment to breath against a young pitcher- wait, with a 1.47 ERA?

• [SBNation Arizona] Cardinals Slide Into Chase, D-backs Open Three Game Series - Bonus points for use of the word "discombobulated."

After the jump- more stories to fill up your afternoon while your boss wonders when that report is going to be finished.

• [azcentral.com] Arizona Diamondbacks' Ian Kennedy is All-Star caliber - Nick Piecoro writes his piece answering soco's article yesterday, and says we should make our presence known on the pitching staff again.

• [foxsports.com] Buzz: Latest news from around the horn - According to Fox Sports, the Twins are keeping an eye on Chad Qualls for a potential trade?

• [SeattleTimes] Bad teams who are better than the Seattle Mariners - No one wins in a comparison like this.

• [azcentral.com] Arizona Diamondbacks shy away from numbers game - That'd be fine if they were doing better at the baseball game.  Really, though, I'm a bit torn on this.  I know there reaches a point where stats just get frustrating, but is there something they can learn from them?  (Answer: if I knew, I'd probably be writing from Chase Field instead of a Borders cafe right now.)

• [studyofsports.com] Top Ten 2010 MLB Draft Picks - A look at the first ten picks of the draft. But I'll admit that half the reason I linked it was the counter at the bottom of the page.

• [si.com] Arizona Diamondbacks weigh changes to their team - Jon Heyman - SI.com - Jon Heyman reports that the DBacks management met yesterday, and will meet again today.  The only names safe from trade?  Justin Upton and Ian Kennedy.

News Around the League:

• [braves.com] McLouth having headaches since collision | braves.com: News - McLouth was still suffering from headaches yesterday, and might be looking at some time on the DL.  Never good.

• [espn.com] Chicago Cubs' Lou Piniella rips Steve Stone for critical remarks - Such emotion!  With a manager who is so experienced and makes such angry outbursts, the Cubs are obviously... six games under .500? Huh.

• [usatoday.com] Expanding instant replay not an easy call to make for MLB - I'd disagree, USA Today.  I think it's an easy call- maybe not easy to implement, but it's necessary and they could make changes so that it wouldn't interfere with the speed of the game too much.

• [cbssports.com] Don't exclude Stanton from super-prospect discussion- Weren't getting your daily recommend dose of overhype from Strasburg? The Marlins are there to help with Mike Stanton.

• [pe.com] Torre grudgingly accepts interleague play - Gosh, thanks, Joe, we've all been on pins and needles until we got your approval.  Guys, Joe Torre said it's okay!  As an aside, I have trouble envisioning Joe Torre accepting anything in a way other than "grudgingly."

Well, that's enough blather for today.  Enjoy the rest of your afternoon, and go DBacks!