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A great outing from Ian Kennedy last night, and we start the home stand off on a happier foot than I expected.
Recaps:
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[FSN Arizona] Not a bad week for the D-Backs' Ian Kennedy - IPK said he got seven hours of sleep on "the hardest, smallest bed in the hospital." So, you'll be getting that moved to your house, right?
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[DBacks.com] Oh, baby: New dad Kennedy blanks Phils - "I did it for my little Easter baby and for my wife who did it all. She's a champ." Aw!
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[AZ Central] Diamondbacks' Ian Kennedy shuts down Phillies - I'm sure he came in raring to go, and ready to strike out everyone he faced, right? "Some people didn't know if I was going to be ready to pitch today, but I knew I could. . . . I was really just hoping to get through six innings today." Ah...
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[The Good Phight] Punchless Phillies Waste 12 K Effort by Lee - Lose to D-Backs 4 - 0 - It was a good outing from Lee, which my fantasy team appreciates, but he just wasn't up to matching IPK's performance.
Meanwhile, voting starts today for the All Star Game- go vote for your favorites! Can we get Willie Bloomquist to the All Star game this year? (Spoiler alert: no.)
DBacks News:
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[DBacks Venom] Reviewing the Diamondbacks after 20 Games - Written before yesterday's game, here's a good look at the team's progress over the first 12.3% of the season. The good news? We're fourth in runs scored per game. The bad? Last in ERA. So, work on that, people.
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[ClickZ] Arizona Diamondbacks Outfielder Justin Upton Talks Twitter [Video] - ClickZ talked to Justin Upton about Twitter- though, really, if I'm going to get a DBacks opinion about social media, I'd want to talk to the Captain himself, Barry Enright- he's definitely one of the more active players in baseball.
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[DBacks.com] Phoenix to be festooned with MLB-themed cacti - Last year, Anaheim had MLB-themed Mickey Mouse statues, 2008 had Statues of Liberty, and we'll have saguaros.
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[Diary of a Diehard] First Look at DigitalDbacks.com Portal - We've been hearing a lot about the wifi offerings at Chase Field. Diary of a Diehard gives a critique of what the "digital portal" offers for fans, and what suggestions he might offer to improve the service.
Around Baseball:
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[Big League Stew] C-a-C: If it weren’t for bad luck, Matt Garza would have no luck at all - Leads the league in Ks, hasn't given up a home run, and he's 0-3? Plus, he's playing for the Cubs, so that's just awful luck in general.
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[ESPN] How the playoffs would have looked had there been two wild cards per league since 1995 - If there had been that extra slot, who would have gone to the playoffs? Well, 19 of the 30 teams in baseball would have had a shot at it, with the Giants holding the most spots. (The Diamondbacks wouldn't have picked up any playoff appearances, though.)
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[LA Times] Film probes baseball scapegoat who keeps mystique - An Oscar-winning documentarian looks at the role of one of the most well-known, and undeservedly abused, figures of recent baseball history.
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[FanGraphs] Broxton Out As Dodgers’ Primary Closer - Or is he? No, really, is he? No one seems quite sure, including the Dodgers.
We continue our homestand against the Phillies again, and, well, let's be fair, Daniel Hudson, we don't expect you to repeat IPK's outing. But we certainly wouldn't complain.