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Diamondbacks in Australia
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March 31, 2014
Sports In Sydney: An American Impression
I flew 15 hours to see a bunch of Australian dudes tackle each other for 80 minutes. Also: baseball.
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March 25, 2014
The Week In Diamondback Tweets: Land of L'Oz
The Australian trip is over. We shall not see its like again. I miss those 2am starts to games. Or not. Not works too. Here is what the Twitterverse had to say about this weekend's games.
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March 24, 2014
Watching Major League Baseball in Sydney
A baseball fan traveled to Sydney to see Opening Day between the Dodgers and Diamondbacks. Here is his story. [This piece originally appeared on Athletics Nation]
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March 24, 2014
The opening series: a hysterical overreaction
Two games in? Seems about the right time to engage in ridiculous extrapolation, laughably small sample sizes and knee jerk hyperbole, as we look back to see what we learned from the series in Australia.
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March 23, 2014
Diamondbacks 5, Dodgers 7: Too little, too late
Trevor Cahill belly flopped in his 2014 debut, and the D-backs' offense struggled to push runs across against Hyun-Jin Ryu. A four-run ninth inning ultimately wasn't enough to split the opening series with Los Angeles.
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March 22, 2014
Preview: Your Arizona Zzzzz-backs
Trust you are all refreshed and recharged, ready for another exciting edition of Antipodean baseball. Let's hope the script is a little different from last night though. Maybe a hit with runners in scoring position? Just a thought...
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March 22, 2014
D-backs 1, Dodgers 3: Offense down, Arizona under
Arizona's streak of victories to start the season ended at six, and though they became the first team to score off Clayton Kershaw on Opening Day., it wasn't enough, as one run was all the offense could manage in Sydney.
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March 22, 2014
Diamondbacks walk to Sydney Cricket Ground
After the team bus got a flat tire, the Diamondbacks decided they might as well walk the rest of the way to the park for tonight's game!
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March 22, 2014
Preview: And so, it begins...
Hello? Hello? Is this thing on? I'm not sure I even remember how to do these, it has been so long. Welcome to the 2013 major-league baseball season. Tonight starts the Diamondbacks' journey to the World Series. Will that dream last till morning?
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March 21, 2014
Series Preview #1: D-backs and Dodgers
Well, here we go. It’s finally time for baseball that counts. We’ve been waiting for this since... September 12th last year.
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March 21, 2014
SnakeBytes 3/21: March Madness
While the rest of the world is entranced by college basketball and their brackets, baseball is just a couple days away from getting started again. The D-backs faced the Australian team as they ramp up their preparation for the Dodgers on Saturday.
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March 21, 2014
Diamondbacks 0, Team Australia 5: Wallaby Damned
Glad I didn't stay up for this one. Arizona went 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position, and were blanked by Team Australia.
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March 21, 2014
Exhibition Game vs. Team Australia
The final warm-up before battle against the Dodgers. They set the bar at three hits vs. Team Australia last night: can the D-backs do any better?
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March 20, 2014
SnakeBytes: 3/20: Warmup edition
The Dodgers were within six outs of an embarrassing blanking at the hands of Team Australia, before breaking through, but Adrian Gonzalez is apparently upset hoverboards were not part of the sightseeing package.
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March 20, 2014
Diamondbacks climbing Sydney Harbor Bridge
Some of the Diamondbacks climbed Sydney Harbor Bridge. Here's footage of the adventure, and some high-altitude comments from Cliff Pennington, Will Harris and J.J. Putz.
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March 19, 2014
Josh Collmenter down under
Always fun to hear from Collmenter. Here's an interview with Fox Sports Australia. Do you think they might mention the "Win a date with Josh:" competition? I've a feeling they might....
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March 19, 2014
SnakeBytes 3/19: Jet-lag edition
Another day down under for the Dodgers and Diamondbacks, and there are already complaints from Los Angeles players and media. This is my shocked face.
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March 18, 2014
Diamondbacks in Australia, Day 1
The Diamondbacks arrived in Australia, and were whisked away to see Sydney Harbor Bridge before getting a tour the Sydney Cricket Ground where they'll play against the Dodgers, and having their first light workout on the park itself.
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March 18, 2014
SnakeBytes 3/18: G'day edition
The team have now arrived in Australia, and has already got in a spot of sightseeing, and their first practice at the Sydney Cricket Ground. We'll have some video in a bit, but here's a round-up of the news at home and abroad....