Yesterday's game was rough. I'll admit, that's the sort of game I was dreading when we started opening day. I'm glad we have the day off to recover from that....
Recaps:
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[DBacks.com] Kennedy pounded as Cardinals roll - "D-backs ace Ian Kennedy clearly did not have his best stuff..." And I nominate Steve Gilbert for understatement of the week.
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[FSN Arizona] Kennedy, D-backs blown out by Cardinals - At least we don't have to face Lance Berkman again until July. It always seems like there's one player each year who completely shreds our pitching.
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[AZ Central] Arizona Diamondbacks' Ian Kennedy struggles in loss to St. Louis Cardinals - "Asked what wasn't working for him, Kennedy, who also hit two batters, responded, "A better question would be, 'What was working?'" Well put, IPK.
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[AZ Central] Arizona Diamonbacks manager Kirk Gibson shows support, fires up team - After that explosion on the field on Tuesday, the *cough* Diamonbacks were pretty pleased with Gibson's explosion.
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[FSN Arizona] D-backs' Kennedy frustrated after long night - I think frustrated is the right word. Pretty much nothing went right.
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[Hardball Times] Chris Young and the art of sustainability - CY's been making improvements since he was sent down to Reno during a rough stretch in 2009, but can he maintain that progress?
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[USA Today] Cold April for baseball: Six stadiums see worst crowds ever - Attendance isn't just bad for the Diamondbacks- six teams have set new attendance lows, and five more (including the DBacks) have come close.
Around Baseball:
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[AJC.com] AP source: MLB leans toward extra replay for 2012 - A long-standing debate among players, fans, and executives, we might see instant replay expand next year to help cover fair-or-foul balls or whether or not a catch was made. Still nothing on out calls or strikes and balls, though. I understand on pitches, because it'd make the game five hours long, but why not on an close play at first?
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[Baseball Nation] Aroldis Chapman's Velocity Is Only Part Of The Problem - The Reds are going to shut down Chapman for a few days, and he seems to be losign speed on his pitches. "Chapman was his normal self early on, but something happened between April 9th and 10th that crippled his velocity, and it hasn't returned in subsequent games." Wait, between the 9th and 10th? When he was in Phoenix? Okay, maybe I'm starting to buy into this "pitching against the Diamondbacks" curse.
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[Beyond the Box Score] The Definitive Sabermetric Guide to Managing - When it comes to the people who make decisions in baseball, the sabremetric campaign mainly seems to have made progress in the front office, not in the dugout. I wonder if part of that is because most managers seem to be former players.
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[FanGraphs] Forbidden SB: The Tortured Logic of Unwritten Rules - The problem of unwritten rules- what do they mean? Don't steal with a big lead in the late innings? Well, what's a big lead? What if you don't trust your bullpen?
Okay, the month of hellish scheduling continues tomorrow when the- ugh- defending World Series champion Giants come to town. But, for now, let's just not think about yesterday. Go DBacks.