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Felipe Lopez Gone - Reno Aces get Better
Well the good news as the Dbacks start to sell off their top players for prospects is that the Reno Aces - the Dbacks Triple-A team, are going to get real good. Brandon Allen has already helped the team since coming over from the White Sox organization in the Pena trade. Now the Aces retain the services of outfielder Cole Gillespie.
Right-handed pitcher Roque Mercedes, also acquired in the trade for Lopez, will most likely be sent to Double-A Mobile. Mercedes is a reliever, something the Dbacks disparately need.
Kirk Gibson Bench Coach, Arizona Diamondbacks by Dave Pratt
If you were trying to convince Tommy Lasorda that Arizona is one of the most beautiful places in the world, where would you take him?
Everybody knows how fond Tommy Lasorda is of pasta, so the first thing I’d do is take him out for a night on the town in Old Town Scottsdale. There are a lot of great Italian places there, and we could probably convince him to keep coming back to Arizona.
Favorite spring training ballpark in Arizona?
Scottsdale Stadium has a great atmosphere. They get a lot of our fans out there, and it’s usually a sold-out game. After the game, there are several great places to go around the park.
Who would do a better job of steering a raft through the rapids on the Colorado River: Stephen Drew or Justin Upton?
Stephen Drew. He’s an avid hunter and fisherman, so his outdoor experience would probably benefit him on the rapids. Plus, if we got stranded someplace, he’d be able to get us some food.
Dbacks have won 6 out of the last 7 and are scoring lots of runs.
No Shawn Marion
I didn’t believe it was going to happen, but the idea of Marion coming back to play with Nash and Amare was intriguing. Instead, he’s on a stacked Dallas Mavericks team. It’s going to be the Spurs, Lakers and Mavericks this year.
Let’s root root for the home team.
Darnell Dockett tried to set some fireworks by announcing on Twitter yesterday:
“Dockett fans, CARDINAL FANs, AND ALL SPORTS WRITERS AND ALL BLOGGER and any one else who wanna know I WILL MAKE AN ANNOUCMENT 2day @ 8:15.” - @ddockett
When 8:15 rolled around, no message. A little bit later, this is what he tweeted:
“I am happy to announce that after meeting with the team recently, I have full faith and confidence in the Cardinals organization-cont” - @ddockett
Both these messages are in regards to his contract dispute. The Cardinals have him locked up until 2011, however, Mr. Dockett would like to tear that contact up and get a new one. This seems to be a common occurrence in professional sports today. A player signs a contract, does well, and wants a new contract. No risk by the player and no reward by the team.
I’m glad to see that Dockett is doing the right thing here. He has a contract and he’s going to report to training camp. Let’s hope it isn’t lip service and he does play under this contract for at least the next 2 years. Teams need to get a backbone and it looks like the Cardinals have exerted theirs.
Home vs Road
Why do some players like Montero hit so much better on the road than they do at home?
Vote for Reynolds Here
Vote For Mark Reynolds
The last spots are open in the all-star voting. Upton and Herin are in. Put Reynolds in as well.
Cardinal pool shade
Manny Ramirez a fallen hero?
The bullpen
OUTFIELD: Justin Upton, Diamondbacks Look at Upton’s great numbers in ‘09 and remember this: He’s 21.
G AB R H HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
73 273 49 86 14 45 35 70 10 .315 .394 .568 .961
Was it even close? Dbacks vs Reds, July 1st
You know that golf idea? The one that says when you play with poor golfers, you have a bad round. But when you play with good players, you have a great day. That sums up the Dbacks play right now.
The games lately tend to be close in score. If they are getting blown out, they tend to close the gap. If it’s a one or two run game, they can’t score to save their lives. That’s what happened tonight.
However, that closeness is usually only in the score. More often than not this year, they should have won in convincing fashion, but didn’t. Or they were never in the game, but only lost by a few runs. It’s getting very frustrating.
