Argh.
Recaps:
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[DBacks.com] D-backs show plenty of fight, but fall in 11 - Gibson called it "a very intense baseball game." And he wasn't even in the dugout.
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[FS Arizona] Hits keep on coming as D-backs fall to Nats - Michael Morse said "I don't think anybody hit anybody on purpose today." Uh, really?
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[AZ Central] Arizona Diamondbacks rally to tie in 9th but lose in 11 to Washington Nationals - The Republic is polite enough to call it a "close call at first base," as opposed to an awful call.
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[Federal Baseball] Washington Nationals Outlast Arizona Diamondbacks, Take 9-4 Decision In HBP-Filled 11-Inning Affair - We go to Washington towards the end of August, so we'll see if any of the tension carries over that long.
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[SportsHaze[ Who will the Dbacks take in the 2011 MLB Draft? - Zephon gives us a breakdown of who the Diamondbacks might pick in the draft today.
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[Dbacks.com] Kirk Gibson, Esmerling Vasquez ejected after hit-by-pitch - Gibby was smiling in the dugout as he was tossed. Yeah, makes it hard to argue it wasn't intentional.
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[D'Backs Central] Aaron Heilman Implodes Again, Time to Cut Him? - I say yes. Like a snitch in a back alley.
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[The D-blog] Q&A with D-backs infielder Willie Bloomquist - Willie talks about the team's recent success and taking third in the game against the Marlins.
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[AZ Central] Bullpen usage; Miranda’s gone missing; Bradley leftovers; draft, draft, draft; & farm report (including an Armando Galarraga sighting) - Nick Piecoro breaks down how some of our top bullpen arms have been used.
Around Baseball:
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[Big League Stew] Zambrano rant says what everyone already thinks about Cubs - Zambrano called the team embarrassing and said they "played like a Triple-A team." Weird, he's usually so calm about these sort of things.
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[FanGraphs] Are the Pirates Making a Mistake With Cole? - The Pirates are going to take Gerrit Cole first in the draft. Is it the right choice? Man, we don't even wait for teams to actually do something before we start to question it anymore...
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[Hardball Times] 2011: The year that evil became stupid? - The worst part of buying tickets online? The stupid add-on fees. Though the Diamondbacks are nowhere near the worst in the league for that...
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[Baseball Nation] Brian Sabean's Comments On Scott Cousins: Not An Isolated Incident - It's unfortunate, but Brian Sabean has a history of lashing out when his players are injured. If he had his way, maybe we'd live in a safer, t-shirt cannon-free world.