Okay, a couple nice routs of the Rockies, and we get a breather before we head out on the road. That's a nice way to spend the weekend.
Recaps:
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[FS Arizona] Owings fills in admirably, shuts down Rockies - Between Owings and Duke, our pitchers certainly gave us a better performance than I expected. Always nice to see.
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[DBacks.com] Upton leads offense as D-backs blank Rox - 4 for 4 with a walk? C'mon, Upton, at least make an effort next time.
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[AZ Central] Ailing Arizona Diamondbacks take series from Colorado Rockies - Blum makes our fourth injury in the past five days. None as bad as Drew's injury- in severity or loss to the team- but it makes things difficult for the squad.
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[The Denver Post] Rockies' Sunday swoon continues with 7-0 defeat to Diamondbacks - Always fun to watch a divisional rival struggle, isn't it? Remember back when they were playing well?
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[Venom Strikes] Upton Has His Mojo Back - 14 for 23 over his past six games? Man, it's like he isn't even trying!
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[DBacks.com] Collmenter credits curveball for hot streak - Collmenter has certainly put quieted some of our concerns. His past two outings have been against teams he's faced before, and he did pretty well against both of them.
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[D'Backs Central] Arizona Diamondbacks, Houston Astros Discussing Wandy Rodriguez Deal - Just one of the trade rumors floating around at the moment. Wouldn't be really crazy about this deal- guy one year into a three year contract, with a player option for 2014? Nuh-uh.
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[Sacramento Bee] Ex-Giant Butler rising as manager in Diamondbacks organization - Man, can't we hire anyone that isn't a former player of a division rival? Really, though, a nice article about Brett Butler. His time as a minor league manager hasn't been easy, but he's working his way through it.
Around Baseball:
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[Baseball Nation] Red Sox Hand Mariners 15th Straight Loss - 15 straight- a pretty rough collapse for a team that was only a couple games out of first a few weeks ago.
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[Big League Stew] Sun shines on Chicago: Cubs finally win three in a row - Hey, but at least the Cubs have managed to do something that they hadn't done yet this year! Winning three games in a row, that's... Yeah, that's something.
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[FanGraphs] Ryan Howard and the RBI - Ryan Howard has 74 RBIs this season- so, he's doing great at the plate, right? Right?
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[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review] Pirates find resistance in baseball's trade market - The Pirates aren't used to being on this side of the trade market, I'd imagine. But, yeah, it's expensive to get the players you need.