Dear Diamondbacks: More like that. Thanks.
Recaps:
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[Dbacks.com] Drew's slam in big first leads D-backs' rout - I mean, let's be serious: every game is better when you score seven runs and chase the opposing starter before the first inning is over.
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[FSN Arizona] Drew's slam helps D-backs rout Cubs - Barry Enright on his first inning at-bat: "It was a cheap hit." C'mon, Captain, you're a pitcher. Every hit may be a cheap one, but it's still nice.
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[AZ Central] Arizona Diamondbacks rout Chicago Cubs in series opener - Enright said Gibby had him watch film from his starts last year to see what he was doing wrong this year. So far, so good.
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[Bleed Cubbie Blue] Ryan Dempster And Cubs Stink Out Start Of Trip Against Diamondbacks - More discussion of a minor Twitter spat with Buster Olney than the game, it seems. But if you were a Cubs fan after that game, wouldn't you want some distraction?
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[DBacks.com] Simulated game next for Heilman before return - Good news on Heilman's return from injury, but if we need bullpen help in the meantime, we've got Josh Wilson, who has "added a cut fastball to his bag of tricks to go along with a curve and changeup." Good to have that to fall back on.
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[AZ Central] Major-league radar gun readings susceptible to hijinks - Shocking, no? Well, no. We expected it. The only surprise about this entire thing is that, after the scoreboard in Cincinnati said Aroldis Chapman hit 106 mph on a pitch, Dusty Baker started questioning radar guns in other stadiums...
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[FSN Arizona] Stephen Drew cleans up as No. 4 hitter - Sure, small sample size, but Drew's looked good in the clean-up spot this season.
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[South Bend Tribune] Silver Hawks: Towers embraces game at all levels - As IHSB mentioned, Kevin Towers has been in South Bend watching the Silver Hawks play, and he talked to the local paper about the team.
Around Baseball:
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[New York Magazine] Why Bud Selig Is the Most Effective Commissioner in Sports - Selig may not be popular, but if you look at the commissioners of the NFL or NBA right now, Bud starts looking a lot better.
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[MLB.com] Ozzie Guillen suspended two games for argument, tweets - So Tweeting after being ejected from the game is roughly on par with allegations of "homophobic comments and crude gestures toward fans" and threatening a fan with a bat. Oh, wait, except McDowell is on paid leave, so he's better off. I see. FanGraphs has a list of other things that lead to two game suspensions. "To me, it seems like the MLB is taking tweeting quite seriously."
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[Big League Stew] Bad idea? Cubs plan to sell $3 beer in Wrigley Field bleachers - Well, it's probably easier than actually putting a team on the field that people want to see.
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[ESPN] The real national pastime: Bashing baseball - A rebuttal to the slew of concerns about baseball's early season attendance.