Not much going on today, as our team travels cross-country. It's nice to have a breather.
DBacks News:
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[DBacks.com] Kevin Towers keeps eye on D-backs' present, future - Kevin Towers spent the weekend out watching prospects that the team might consider for the draft. "I doubt I'll see more than 10 players, but I certainly want to see the guys in the mix for [picks] three and seven."
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[Venom Strikes] Tax Day! Everyday Taxing Though for Diamondbacks Starting Pitching - Our past run through the starting rotation has been a bit rough- Galarraga got the last win for a starter, and that was more due to the offense than anything else.
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[Fangraphs] Prospect Update: NL West - Paul Goldschmidt and A.J. Pollock get discussed, and they don't seem too concerned about Jarrod Parker's early troubles.
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[MiLB.com] Borchering slugs his way out of slump - Borchering started the season going 3 for 34, but beat his season total in hits by going 4 for 5 yesterday. Hopefully, we'll see more of that as the season goes on.
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[MLive.com] Homer High School graduate Josh Collmenter gets win in relief in his major league debut with the Arizona Diamondbacks - Plenty of people were looking forward to Josh Collmenter's debut, including Scott Salow, his high school coach.
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[Stanford Daily] Bohm: "Spoiled" sports fans in San Fran? - "Giants fans are popping up everywhere these days." Uh, yeah, that's how bandwagon fans work. But there's something funny about a Yankees fan complaining about Giants fans. He says New York fans aren't spoiled, but Philadelphia or Boston fans are. Uh, sure, pal.
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[Beyond the Box Score] The Greatest Play Ever Made | Sept. 29, 1954 | "The Catch" - Included almost entirely because I love the poster.
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[ESPN] Cincinnati Reds' Mike Leake arrested, accused of stealing six shirts worth $59.88 - I have no proof of this, but I think Leake heard he was supposed to start against the DBacks on Thursday, looked at how many players we've put on the DL, and he just panicked.
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[Yahoo! Sports] Fan's take: Five ways to make baseball more exciting - I don't know if it would necessarily make the game more exciting, but I can see the reasoning behind all of these suggestions. I wouldn't have two teams from the same city in the same division, though.