While I see the rest of our division as rivals, there is no fanbase that I have more distaste for than the Padres. There are some very obvious reasons for this, I suppose, but the end result is that there is no team I enjoy watching flail around in last place than San Diego.
So I'm enjoying this season.
Series Previews:
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[DBacks.com] Saunders aims to put up zero in first vs. Padres - If you're going up against Joe Saunders, get there early- he's given up 17 runs in the first inning, and the leadoff batters of the game is hitting .600 off of him.
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[FS Arizona] Today on FOX Sports Arizona: D-backs at Padres, 7 p.m. - The Padres have taken quite a nose-dive from being in contention on the last day of the season last year to being 45-58 today.
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[SignOnSanDiego.com] On Deck: Padres open nine-game homestand against Diamondbacks Tuesday - Somehow we only played the Padres 5 times in our first 102 games. Only went 2-3, but we're playing better baseball than we were then.
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[CBSSports.com] Diamondbacks-Padres Preview - July 25, 2011 - We'll face off against Dustin Moseley. He gave up three unearned runs in his last start for his first win in seven tries.
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[DBacks.com] Justin Upton named NL Co-Player of the Week - A 1.000 slugging percentage and 11 RBIs? That's pretty good. I guess.
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[FS Arizona] D-backs dealing from a different deck now - After dreading who we might lose last year, it's really, really nice to not have to be worrying about it this year...
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[AZ Central] Arizona Diamondbacks continue to work on art of sliding - If we see more slides like the on Upton had on Sunday, I'd be fine with that.
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[SI.com] Dangerous week for surprise contenders Indians, D-backs, Pirates - The rest of our schedule? 25 games against the Padres and Dodgers. Have to be looking forward to that.
Around Baseball:
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[Baseball Nation] MLB Power Rankings: Cardinals At The Top, Astros At The Bottom - Included solely for the graphic accompanying the Pirates at #18.
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[Over the Monster] Who The Red Sox Should Acquire: Jeff Francoeur - Frenchy!
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[Hardball Times] Ten things I didn’t know about franchise all-time records - The Braves put up their 10,000th win this weekend, and they're not far off from their 10,00th loss. Just some random facts about franchise win-loss records- the DBacks hit their lowest franchise record on May 13th this year, but can you guess how many games they were below .500?
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[SI.com] Assessing the Seattle Mariners' team-record 16-game losing streak - A 16 game losing streak is a strangely impressive thing- or depressing, depending on your point of view...