This may be brief. I'm still on the phone with NORAD, tracking that home run.
Recaps:
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[DBacks.com] Pena, two big innings lead to victory - Don't get too cocky, Wily Mo. Your OPS on the season is still lower than Zach Duke's.
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[FS Arizona] Pena's homer lifts D-backs over Tigers - Another rally from the team to fight back from an early deficit. They're getting pretty good at that.
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[AZ Central] Wily Mo Pena lifts Diamondbacks past Tigers - To his credit, Pena's home run was the longest hit by a visiting player in Comerica Park. That's pretty cool, I guess.
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[Bless You Boys] Wily Mo Pena breaks baseball, Tigers - As they sum it up: "Phil Coke fell apart. Detroit lost. Wily Mo Pena hit the ball far."
DBacks News:
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[DBacks.com] Trammell knows his role in Detroit history - It's like homecoming week. Also: Kirk Gibson describes himself as fiery.
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[Yahoo! Sports] Collmenter's homespun delivery is a sensation - Jeff Passan is pretty enamored with Josh Collmenter's pitching, it seems.
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[AZ Central] Back in Detroit; Collmenter on his big day; Demel update; farm report; & other stuff - Interesting- among other notes, there's mention that someone on the roster got "fairly vocal and loud" with Gibson this year. Gibson didn't say who, though, so I'm curious. Maybe someone who's not with the team right now?
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[Reno Gazette-Journal] Diamondbacks GM Towers praises Aces - Kevin Towers has been visiting our minor league teams this month, and is pretty pleased with our team in Reno- he calls it one of the better Triple-A teams he's worked with as a GM.
Around Baseball:
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[SI.com] Prince Fielder, not Albert Pujols, may be top slugger on open market - Well, Fielder does certainly have an edge, being four years younger.
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[Big League Stew] Mariners prevail in first NL game played in an AL ballpark - And I imagine there was about the same number of Marlins fans present either way.
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[LA Times] Drop in Dodger Stadium attendance continues - You know how everyone was worrying about the drop in baseball attendance this year? A large part of that may be on the Dodgers- they're selling 20.8% fewer tickets per game this year than last.
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[Baseball Nation] Tim Wakefield Is Probably A Wizard - Wait, Tim Wakefield is seriously the active career leader in wins?