Barry Enright, huh? I know there's some concern over whether or not he's really as good as the numbers he's been putting up so far this season. To be honest? I don't care. That's a problem for FutureKishi to worry about. PresentKishi is just going to take a moment to relax and enjoy how he's pitching right now.
Recaps:
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[azcentral.com] Arizona Diamondbacks defeat Tim Lincecum, San Francisco Giants - Was Drew signaling LaRoche on pitches? "Nope. Didn't do that. Sure didn't."
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[foxsportsarizona.com] Diamondbacks blank Giants - Enright pitched well in front of some of his home fans. "It was a pretty cool homecoming. Obviously I had nerves, maybe even more so knowing everyone's here."
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[dbacks.com] Enright gets better of Giants' Lincecum - Posey is familiar with Enright's skills. "I faced him in the Cape Cod League. He knows how to pitch."
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[mercurynews.com] Giants' Tim Lincecum can't hold off Diamondbacks - "But all notions of a change of fortune were dashed by a two-out, two-strike, three-run homer by Adam LaRoche into McCovey Cove in the first inning." Geez, don't wait too long before you decide to despair.
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[Fangraphs] Mark Reynolds’ Whiffs by Pitch Type - Splitting our favorite slugger's [AZCentral not included] K's down to see how he fares against fastballs, sliders, etc.
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[azcentral.com] Arizona Diamondbacks unlikely to make more trades, Jerry Dipoto says - "There's still a chance, but I wouldn't qualify it as likely." I don't think any of us are too surprised at this point.
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[diarydiehard.com] 2010 Diamondbacks Mirror 1998 Counterparts - So we should win the World Series 2013, right?
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[azcentral.com] Ballplayers' behavior is disgusting - You be the judge: Mailed from the Sarchasm or not? Would this writer really prefer that they went back to the way "the greats" did it, with chewing tobacco?
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[dbacksvenom.com] Diamondbacks 1B Paul Goldschmidt wins California League MVP - Congratulations to Paul Goldschmidt- he was tied for the league in all of the minor leagues with 33 home runs, and he dominated left-handed pitching this season.
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[venomstrikes.com] Changing Chase Field a Mistake - Venom Strikes points out what a lot of people thought- changing the field will hurt our offense, too. Maybe we should just get some better pitchers?
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[twitter.com] Nick Piecoro on Twitter - "Dbacks RHP Brandon Webb is facing hitters right now in a simulated game setting here at AT&T Park..... Hester, Church and Ojeda are out there. To my knowledge, it's the first time Webb's faced hitters since Opening Day 2009." Interesting.
Around Baseball:
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[si.com] Stephen Strasburg injury is bad for Nationals, sad for all of us - I expect a day of mourning to be declared. Unless...
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[ncsports.com] Aroldis Chapman hit 105 mph last night - Straswho? The media has already found it's new player to drool over. Assuming, of course, that you trust a AAA speed gun.
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[espn.com] Scherzer makes deal look even better - Since a trip to the minors, Max has been looking great in Detroit. (As an aside, how does that trade look now? We traded Scherzer and Schlereth for, effectively, IPK, Dan Hudson, and David Holmberg. Even without factoring in Holmberg, I think that's a win.)
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[si.com] How much impact do MLB managers really have on their teams? - From a 2006 study: "Only six times in thirty-three years has any manager used sacrifice attempts, stolen base attempts, and intentional walks to increase his team's win expectation over an entire season. Even the best managers cost their team more than a game per season by employing these tactics. At worst they can cost a team three games per season."