Okay, so not the best of games. But not the worst.
Recaps:
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[DBacks.com] D-backs lose ground as win streak ends - The team just struggled a little bit with all those things that have gone right for us. But a new game tonight.
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[San Francisco Examiner] First-place D-backs miss chances in loss to Giants - We stranded runners in scoring position in the first, third, and fifth innings- tough to win when you give up opportunities like that.
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[AZ Central] Giants snap Diamondbacks' 9-game win streak - And now we can start a new win streak today.
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[Boston Herald] Giants revive some fear factor with win over Diamondbacks - Has anything really changed? I doubt it. I don't think the DBacks see this race any differently than they did yesterday.
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[AZ Central] Diamondbacks pitchers better watch Justin Upton's back - More talk of retaliation for the barrage of HBP against J-Up. I think the team scoring runs and winning games is an even more important way of striking back.
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[DBacks.com] Hammock shocked to return to Majors - Robby Hammock always thought he'd be back in the big leagues. But not necessarily as a player.
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[New York Times] Collmenter Proves Himself With Arizona - Is Josh Collmenter the Paul Goldschmidt of pitchers? Collmenter has put up a 0.78 ERA in six starts against the Braves, Phillies, and Brewers, the teams we're most likely to face in the playoffs.
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[Bugs & Cranks] The Big Unit: Exclusive Interview with Randy Johnson - Randy Johnson talks about his time playing, and about the game today.
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[AZ Central] Robby Hammock among the Diamondbacks' call-ups - Kevin Towers says we won't see more call-ups until after our minor league teams end their run in the playoffs, but they are considering Jarrod Parker and Trevor Bauer.
Around Baseball:
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[New York Times] Red Sox Sellout Streak Hit 700 Games on Friday - Boston has sold out all of their home games since 2003. In comparison, the next longest current streak belongs to the Phillies, who are approaching 200 consecutive games.
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[LA Times] Assessing managers' job security - Obviously, Kirk Gibson isn't in jeopardy of losing his job, but there are a few managers who probably should be concerned...
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[Fox News Latino] One Man's Vision and the Birth of a Baseball Academy in Brazil - After starting to work for the Rays in 2006, Andres Reine has been working to spread the team's influence further into South America, starting with Brazil.
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[KansasCity.com] Expanding the baseball playoffs is a bad idea - Really, Bud, explain to me why ten is a more fair number of players than eight?
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[New York Times[ Baseball’s Alternate Universe - Why do Red Sox-Yankees games take so much longer than anyone else?