Back home for another round with the Rockies, as autumn begins.
Previews:
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[kansascity.com] Colorado Rockies (82-67) at Arizona Diamondbacks (59-91) - The Rockies are trying to make another improbable September run to the playoffs. The Diamondbacks are trying to avoid hitting 100 losses on the season.
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[cbssports.com] Rockies-Diamondbacks Preview - The Rockies are coming off a disappointing loss to the Dodgers- they blew a five run lead and then lost it in extra innings.
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[insidetherockies.com] Colorado Rockies-Arizona Diamondbacks Tid Bits - The Rockies are 39-69 in Chase Field, their fourth worst road record of any NL city. Also, while the Diamondbacks are still doing poorly, our pitching has been doing better since the start of August.
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[FoxSportsArizona] Defining week looms for franchise - "The Diamondbacks' future course could be charted this week as Derrick Hall is apparently close to deciding between Jerry Dipoto and Kevin Towers as the team's next general manager. " Some guy looks at the alternatives.
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[azcentral.com] Arizona Diamondbacks' Mark Reynolds down, but not out - "I, obviously, have to go into the off-season and get stronger, get into better shape and come back this spring ready to go."
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[diarydiehard.com] The End Is Near - The end of the season approaches. Mercifully. The bright side? "Spring Training is only 148 days away."
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[dbacks.com] D-backs' GM race down to two candidates - Several candidates have been told that they won't be getting the job, so it looks like we're down to DiPoto and Towers.
Around Baseball:
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[itsaboutthemoney.net] A chat with BatGlove founders, Phil and Steve Rauso - With Tyler Colvin's injury, people are again asking why MLB isn't doing something, and the BatGlove is a popular topic. There's a mention of testing they did with the Missoula Osprey, the DBacks affiliate.
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[beyondtheboxscore.com] Translating SP WAR to "#1/#2/ect" - It's always a question of "What is a #2 or #3 starter." A poster at BtB has put together another evaluation, this time basing it on WAR.
- [Big League Stew] The Steinbrenner memorial: Could they have made it any bigger? - Oh, I'm sure they tried.
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[latimes.com] Jamie McCourt testifies she didn't read key agreement carefully - And why not read a set of papers that might be so important? "It's boring."
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[Big League Stew] Phew! Oakland's Chris Carter singles, won't go 0-for-career - Carter was 0-for-33 to start his career, the longest streak since 1972. He's the guy we got from the White Sox in exchange for Carlos Quentin, and then part of the trade for Dan Haren.