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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.
Dan Haren Finally Gets Help
For a minute there, it looked like the bullpen was going to fail Dan Haren again. After hitting a double and his first career home run, and after pitching almost flawlessly for seven strong innings, Tony Pena and Scott Schoeneweis loaded the bases. But thanks to big John Rauch, the Dbacks prevailed and Haren got the win.
Randy Johnson Gets Win 288
It would have been very easy to give up on Randy Johnson after his first couple of starts. Low inning counts, higher than normal run production and few shining moments contributed to a mediocre first three or four starts.
However, cutting the old man a break has been productive. Yesterday he pitched 7 full innings of shut out baseball. He says he felt great and even contributed to the Dbacks 4 runs by drawing a walk to load the bases.
He needs 12 more games to get to 300. Many have said that will happen next year. If he stays healthy and continues to improve like he’s shown in his last 2 outings, 300 will happen this year.
In case you haven’t heard, Doug Davis is cancer free. He will make his first of two starts Saturday for the Tucson Sidewinders and will probably be back in the rotation shortly.
As a fan you can’t help but like Doug Davis. What he did last year to help the Dbacks win the west was awesome. He seems like a genuinely nice guy and will be an awesome third behind Webb and Hiren.
Good pitching today and even better hitting. Maybe this will be the end of the average scoring and we can go back to mondo scoring.
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Seems like the only time the Diamondbacks get national press coverage is when they play an east coast team. Even though they are the best in baseball right now. Kind of makes you sick of the media!
A very Young Shaq sings with Will Ferrell
For the new Shaq fans in Phoenix:
The Diamondbacks are the first in 2008 to reach 20 wins. Thank you Micah Owings.
D-Backs’ highly touted prospect makes impressive debut
I would love the Diamondbacks to replace Edgar Gonzalez in the rotation. What could be better than an up and coming rookie like Max Scherzer. Remember what the young Johnny Ceuto did to the Dbacks?
Suns season is over and now Mike D’Antoni may be out.
The Suns definitely have an issue with defense. I think they used to get around this with a prolific offense. Now, both are lacking. I’m all for a change in coach, but Shaq and Nash are getting on in years. At some point, the Suns will have to move on.
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