The NL West has been a jumbled mess of teams who can’t seem to take control. Leading the division almost by default, the Arizona Diamondbacks finally showed in the ninth inning Thursday that somebody has some life. Conor Jackson bounced a two-run single through Milwaukee’s drawn-in infield, capping an improbable six-run rally to give Arizona a 6-5 victory over the Brewers and setting off a wild…
Posted: July 4th, 2008.
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Longtime Dodgers assistant general manager is the only female close to becoming a GM. Will she get a shot?
Posted: July 3rd, 2008.
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Conor Jackson hit the winning two-run single as the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied from a five-run ninth-inning deficit to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5 on Thursday. Three Brewers pitchers failed to record an out as seven straight Diamondbacks reached base in the ninth. The rally began against Guillermo Mota, who gave up a leadoff single by Robby Hammock, a walk to Chris Burke and an infield…
Posted: July 3rd, 2008.
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Mike Cameron singled home Russell Branyan with one out in the top of the ninth to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday night. Cameron finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Rickie Weeks added his first career pinch-hit home run for the Brewers, who rallied from a 2-0 deficit for their second straight win.
Posted: July 2nd, 2008.
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Arizona Diamondbacks righthander Dan Haren on Wednesday was named the National League Pitcher of the Month for June.
Posted: July 2nd, 2008.
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J.J. Hardy homered twice and the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-6 on Tuesday night, handing Randy Johnson his sixth straight loss. Joe Dillon also homered for the Brewers, who beat Arizona for the fourth time in five meetings. The NL West leaders dropped to 42-42 and saw their lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers shrink to 2 1/2 games.
Posted: July 1st, 2008.
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On a painful day in the desert, the Arizona Diamondbacks put left fielder Eric Byrnes and catcher Chris Snyder on the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday. Byrnes is out with a strained left hamstring, Snyder with a left testicular fracture. For Byrnes, the move comes eight days after he came off the DL, where he spent a month with injuries to both hamstrings.
Posted: July 1st, 2008.
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The Arizona Diamondbacks put left fielder Eric Byrnes on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring Tuesday. The move comes eight days after Byrnes came off the DL, where he spent a month with injuries to both hamstrings. Byrnes hurt his hamstring as he tried to steal third in the second inning of Arizona’s 6-3 victory over Milwaukee on Monday night.
Posted: July 1st, 2008.
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We don’t grade on a curve, and that’s why only the Rays get an A-plus while three teams are given Fs.
Posted: July 1st, 2008.
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Josh Willingham took a big swing and sent the Florida Marlins home with another dramatic victory. While rounding the bases with a huge smile, he just wanted his celebrating teammates to be gentle. “There was somebody yelling in the pile, ‘Hey, don’t jump on him,”‘ Willingham said. “I was hoping they wouldn’t.” Willingham’s winning homer in the 10th inning came after Hanley Ramirez’s tying shot in…
Posted: July 1st, 2008.
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