Now, am I referring to the heat, or the team? You be the judge.
Recaps:
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[DBacks.com] D-backs fall to Indians on homer in ninth - Gibson still sticks by Putz- "He struggled tonight. We've used him a lot, I've been trying to rest him a little more, but he's still our guy. He's fine."
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[FS Arizona] Exception to the rule: D-backs drop close one - The team seems to be getting back to that "win close or lose by a big margin" thing recently, but you can't win all of the one-run games.
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[AZ Central] Indians hand Diamondbacks third straight loss - Dear Diamondbacks- stop that.
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[Let's Go Tribe] Game 77: Indians 5, Diamondbacks 4 - "The Indians managed to keep pace with the suddenly Central-leading Detroit Tigers[...]" Oh, and who is to blame for the fact that the Tigers are leading the Central? Maybe the team that got swept in San Francisco? Geez, Indians...
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[DBacks Venom] How Good is the Diamondbacks' Offense Away from Home? - We obviously play in a hitter's park, but can the team hit on the road? Amit looks at the splits through the first 80 games of the season.
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[AZ Central] Diamondbacks' coaching staff on same page, says Kirk Gibson - Gibby is happy with how the coaching staff is working together. It's easy to be happy when the team is winning.
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[DBacks.com] Schlereth misses chance to face former team - More like he missed out on the chance- he didn't seem to miss it at all. "It's just another team. I honestly don't even remember playing with them that much." Ouch.
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[SB Nation Arizona] Joe Saunders Steadily Improving For Diamondbacks In 2011 - Colonel Saunders may not be Dan Haren. But he's putting up some decent numbers in his recent starts, and that's all we can ask for.
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[Scout.com] Ransom, Hogben Win Weekly Awards - Two members of the Arizona farm system picked up Player of the Week awards- Cody Ransom's for putting up a 1.561 OPS for Reno, and Kable Hogben for allowing only three hits, no walks, and no runs in eight innings for Yakima.
Around Baseball:
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[SF Gate] Dodgers Didn't Have Authority to File Bankruptcy, MLB Says - MLB has asked the bankruptcy court to decide if McCourt should run the team during bakruptcy, or the MLB monitor they put in place. Interesting.
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[Baseball Nation] Dontrelle Willis And Oliver Perez: Two Under-30 Pitchers Trying To Come Back - Could Dontrelle Willis return to the majors? Well, he's putting up good numbers in AAA right now.
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[Hardball Talk] Brandon Webb’s latest rehab start: 0.2 innings, 4 runs - Speaking of rehabbing pitchers... Ouch.
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[FanGraphs] Carlos Quentin: Best Ever? - Not many people know it, but Carlos Quentin leads the league in at least one category...
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[Big League Stew] Whoops: An atypical baserunning mistake for Evan Longoria - Passing the advance runner is one thing- but who rounds second on a deep fly like that?