Yeah, it's officially summer now. Hence why it is supposed to be 112 tomorrow in Phoenix. If anyone needs me, I'll be taking a nap in the walk-in freezer...
Previews:
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[FS Arizona] Tuesday on FOX Sports Arizona: D-backs at Royals - The Diamondbacks are on the road for 16 of the next 19 games- fortunately, they've been pretty strong in away games lately.
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[DBacks.com] Royals look for momentum as D-backs come to town - The Diamondbacks were 6-0-2 in their previous eight series before they dropped their last two- maybe they can recover against Kansas City?
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[Miami Herald] Arizona Diamondbacks (39-34) at Kansas City Royals (31-41) - The Royals are stumbling a bit, too- they dropped four of their last five games.
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[The D-Blog] D-backs Insider: Josh Collmenter - Josh Collmenter spends some time talking to D-backs Insider about being in the majors.
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[Baseball Nation] A Wily Mo Pena Story - A great story about being a fan of a player, instead of just a team.
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[DBacks Venom] Paul Goldschmidt eliminated in 2nd Round of Southern League Home Run Derby - Only two home runs in the first round. Hopefully, he wasn't around long enough to see a drop in his power after the derby.
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[AZ Central] Arizona Diamondbacks reliever David Hernandez's workload paying off - Paying off, sure, but also potentially concerning.
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[ESPN] First-guessing NL All-Stars - Jim Bowden's guess at the All Star roster has three Diamondbacks, with two more mentioned as snubs.
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[Beyond the Box Score] The NL West Dream Team - BtB is putting together an all-star team for each division, and the NL West edition has a some Diamondbacks on the roster. But I'll admit I'm surprised- Daniel Hudson makes the team while Ian Kennedy doesn't?
Around Baseball:
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[Baseball Nation] MLB Power Rankings: Blue Jays At Top, Tigers At The Bottom - It's time for another insightful edition of the Baseball Nation power rankings. I'll just warn you now- you might not want to read this right after eating.
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[Hardball Times] The franchise moves that almost happened - Ah, the "what if?"s of baseball.
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[Big League Stew] It’s up and it’s good! Ozzie vents frustration on innocent face mask - It's hard to believe we had Ozzie Guillen in town for three games without some sort of entertaining explosion- isn't he contractually obligated?
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[FanGraphs] Risers at Third Base: Michael Cuddyer, Mark Reynolds, Scott Sizemore - Mark Reynolds has had a bad start to the season, but he's hitting .300 with a 1.155 OPS in June- has he turned it around at the plate?