Almost autumn? Please? C'mon, nature, give me a break here...
Recaps:
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[AZ Central] Diamondbacks' bats go cold in series-opening loss to Padres - Sorry, Kevin Towers. You won't get to flaunt your playoff spot in front of the Padres team that fired you a couple years back. It's cool. They're still in last place.
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[FS Arizona] D-backs shut down by Padres - Both teams only managed five hits- but the Padres managed to do more with them. It happens.
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[DBacks.com] D-backs shut down by Padres' Stauffer - A pretty good start from Wade Miley and a couple of hitless innings from the bullpen all got wasted by the offense.
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[LA Times] Stauffer helps Padres blank D-Backs - Come on, guys. It's the Padres.
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[AZ Central] Towers talks contract; Gillespie's up; Nady's progress; & other stuff - While Kevin Towers gets talked up for Executive of the Year, he's also probably going to be sticking around for a while- Derrick Hall says they'll look into exercising first team option in Towers's contract this off-season.
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[ Phoenix Business Journal] Arizona Diamondbacks look to draw college-age fans - It's a pretty natural market to aim for- the ASU campus and Chase Field are both right on the light rail line.
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[New York Times] Oddly, Tigers, Yankees and Arizona All Like a 2009 Deal - And, oddly, you don't often hear much mention of it when we're told how well Kevin Towers has done for the team.
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[The D-blog] Ziegler Continues to Impress on the Mound - Ziegler may have struggled a bit after he first came over to the Diamondbacks, but he's been solid lately- only 2 hits allowed over his last twelve outings.
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[Dbacks.com] New faces Hill, McDonald a big part of success - "They fit in very well with our team," Trammell says. "They're not flashy players. They're baseball players." Not that Kelly Johnson was really a flashy player. But it's good to see the new guys help out.
Around Baseball:
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[ESPN] Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer has mild pneumonia and likely out for season - I bet Joe Mauer just cannot wait for this season to be done.
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[Big League Stew] Toronto’s Brett Cecil misses start after cutting finger on blender - Blenders, knives- obviously, baseball players need to stay out of the kitchen, it is too dangerous for them.
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[SI.com] Prince Fielder's remarks about leaving Milwaukee Brewers ill-timed - "Ill-timed," indeed. Focus on the game, Prince, there will be plenty of time to talk about it after the season is over.
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[FanGraphs] Logan Morrison Files Grievance - The saga continues. I imagine that this won't endear him to the Marlins ownership anymore- could he be trying to convince them to trade him instead?
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[HardballTalk] Papi feels bad for troubled Manny, says he’s ‘a good dude’ - "...and, god and science willing, he'll be a great mom some day."
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[Baseball Nation] Mariano Rivera And The Center Field Death Trap - Mariano Rivera may be the greatest reliever in baseball history. But, really, he wanted to be... a lumberjack! No, sorry, center fielder. But the Yankees won't let him. Here's a breakdown of some of the dangers Rivera might face. Well, it's no kitchen.
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[The Tulane Hullabaloo] Opinion: MLB wildcard spots sap intensity - I'd generally agree. So, naturally, let's add more.