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A bit of a rollercoaster week, eh? Started the week in the middle of taco binge, ended it with a thrashing of the Dodgers. Oh, and I guess a couple guys got moved and perhaps more on the way. Perhaps most importantly, though, is that the D-backs closed the gap from 6 back to 3.5. Winning cures a lot of ills.
The week started off pretty nice, if you like the Diamondbacks to score a ton of runs, and for you to score free tacos (I'm assuming you like those things if you're reading this):
Tacos! Seven days in a row
— AZ SnakePit (@AZSnakepit) July 25, 2012#dbacksconfidence
Most of what people were saying about the Ryan Roberts move was unpublishable for a family blog, so we'll just have to settle for Clefo's truthiness:
Sad possible truth: Certain people will be more upset about a Ryan Roberts trade than they might have at a Justin Upton trade
— Charlie Gebow (@CLEFOAINTACRIME) July 24, 2012
A little bit of trivia courtesy of the D-backs' communications guru, who notes how well D-backs do on their own bobble nights:
Tonight is
— Josh Rawitch (@joshrawitch) July 28, 2012@jus10up10 bobblehead night. In 20 previous bobblehead games,#Dbacks players have hit .366 (26-for-71) with 6 homers and 18 RBI.
Daniel Hudson asks for fried chicken recommendations:
So apparently I'm the only dummy who doesnt know about lolo's. I'll check it out lol
— Daniel Hudson (@DHuddy41) July 30, 2012
How Chris Johnson really feels about being traded:
"Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you" -Chris Johnson's text to the
— NOT SportsCenter (@NOTSportsCenter) July 29, 2012#Astros after his trade to the#DBacks
Rockkstarr11 sums up why it sometimes sucks to be a sports fan:
ByeBye Lyle Overbay :( I seriously need to stop getting attached to ballplayers :( The business side of baseball just kills me!
— April Addington (@Rockkstarr11) July 30, 2012
kishi takes a slightly (okay, an extremely) chill response to Chris Johnson's trade:
So. Welcome aboard, new guy.
— Devin Jessup (@kennokishi) July 31, 2012
LOL Astros:
Of the 28 minor league players that have been traded this June, 13 are now members of the Houston Astros.
— Kevin Goldstein (@Kevin_Goldstein) July 30, 2012
Nick Piercoro can't remember a time when he wasn't covering the 2012 trade deadline:
Don't ever end, trade deadline.
— Nick Piecoro (@nickpiecoro) July 30, 2012
So there you have it, a selection from the week that was. Overall people seemed happy, if you ignore the trades and the DFAs. Want in on next week's fun? Follow @azfanconfidence, or use the tag #dbacksconfidence.