Back home, finally.
Recaps:
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[DBacks.com] Pair of homers boost Kennedy, D-backs in LA - IPK followed up Collmenter to give us some nice wins to end an otherwise rough road trip.
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[FS Arizona] Bats come alive in D-backs' win over Dodgers - Only four runs would hardly seem as the offense "coming alive" a few weeks ago, but after time in San Diego and San Francisco, it's enough.
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[AZ Central] Arizona Diamondbacks take series finale against Los Angeles Dodgers - Xavier Nady said "The way we've been (hitting), anything's good right now." That's pretty true.
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[LA Times] Dodgers offense shut down once again in 4-1 loss to Diamondbacks - But as rough as our offense has been the past few weeks, the Dodgers have been bad all year- getting held to one run in the last two games left them tied with the Pirates for the least-productive offense in the National League.
Series Previews:
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[DBacks.com] Padres offense looks to stay alive vs. D-Backs - And we get the Padres again. Hopefully a return to our home field will mean our offense will wake up again, right?
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[FS Arizona] Today on FOX Sports Arizona: D-backs vs. Padres, 6 p.m. - But the Padres have found their bats, too- 43 runs in their last 5 games, after scoring 45 in the previous 13.
DBacks News:
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[DBacks.com] Roberts returns to D-backs' lineup with bang - Coming back from flu-like symptoms, Ryan Roberts certainly looked like he was feeling better on Sunday.
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[AZ Central] Arizona Diamondbacks still struggling at first base - It doesn't seem like we'll have an answer to this problem for a while, unless something surprising happens.
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[The Battle Creek Enquirer] Homer turns out for Josh Collmenter's major-league start - Josh Collmenter's first start drew a lot of attention in his home town.
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[The D-blog] Shooting Photos on the Road - A little look at what the photographers do to get their pictures of the action, and some nice shots from last week's game against the Giants.
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[MLBTradeRumors.com] If The Diamondbacks Become Sellers - If? I'd think we almost certainly should be...
Around Baseball:
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[MLB.com] Astros owner confirms sale talks gaining steam - Seems like there's a lot of franchises changing hands in the past couple of years.
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[Baseball Nation] 50 Years Later, Reds Have Another Cuban Missile Crisis - Forget the questions about his pitch speed- Aroldis Chapman's latest problem is his control. Of his last 19 batters faced, he's walked a dozen.
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[FanGraphs] Jose Bautista Is a Massive Bargain - 5 years, $65 million off of one season? I'm going to want to see another solid season before I decide that's a bargain. I mean, he had a career OPS+ of 91 going into 2010.
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[JunkStats] The Worst 3-Home Run Games Since 1950 - What does it take to have a three home run game, and still have a negative WPA? A lot of runs- usually for the other team, but check out Dave Kingman's performance in 1979...