Arizona DiamondbacksThe Arizona Diamondbacks are a Major League Baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They play in the West Division of the National League. They are popularly referred in the local press as the D-Backs. In the fall of 1993, Jerry Colangelo, General Manager and a minority owner of the Phoenix Suns, the area's wildly popular and successful NBA franchise, announced he was assembling an ownership group to apply for a Major League Baseball expansion team. This was after a great deal of lobbying by...San Francisco Arizona: - Sportsnet.ca- September 16, 2008 Victories have been few and relatively far between for both Dan Haren and the Arizona Diamondbacks. With the struggling Haren on the mound, the fading Diamondbacks look to post consecutive wins for the first time in almost a month when they continue ...http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/scores/20080916/SF@Ari/story San Francisco Giants (68-82) at Arizona Diamondbacks (73-76), 9:40 p.m ... - Miami Herald- September 16, 2008 Dan Haren will try to end his current winless streak when he leads the Arizona Diamondbacks against the San Francisco Giants tonight in the second test of a four-game series at Chase Field. Haren is 0-2 with a 5.57 earned run average in his past four ...http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/687045.html Cubs' Lilly gives an encore effort - Boston Globe- September 16, 2008 Everyone from Cubs manager Lou Piniella to fellow starter Ryan Dempster needled Ted Lilly about having to follow up Carlos Zambrano's no-hitter. Lilly then went out and made a bid for one of his own. Lilly pitched no-hit ball until Mark Loretta's ...http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/articles/2008/09/16/cubs_lilly_gives_an_encore_effor... D'backs add to stadium plan- September 16, 2008 It will take a rally in the bottom of the ninth to get Recreation Park's baseball stadium ready for minor-league professional baseball play by April 2009, Visalia City Council members were told Monday by city ...http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080916/NEWS01/809160327 NL MVP talk swirls around Dodgers outfielder Ramirez- September 16, 2008 Although it is highly unlikely that he would actually bring home the award, Dodgers left fielder Manny Ramirez is suddenly being discussed as a possible National League Most Valuable Player candidate.http://www.dailynews.com/ci_10474160 Big payoff forecast for White Sox plan- September 16, 2008 Youth baseball tournaments backed by the Chicago White Sox and Major League Baseball could be worth as much as $46 million a year to the region, an economic-impact study commissioned by the county found.http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/dailystar/257712.php 'Special' ASM politicians terrified of responsibility- September 16, 2008 I don't agree with Bud Selig on most issues. In fact, one of the pleasant surprises of my freshman year was discovering just how hated he was in his home state.http://badgerherald.com/oped/2008/09/16/special_asm_politici.php From the Big Apple to the Steel Cit.....- September 16, 2008 Life as a professional athlete certainly produces its share of ups and downs. It didn't take long for Major League Baseball newcomer and current Pittsburgh Pirate Jeff Karstens to find that out.http://www.messengernews.net/page/content.detail/id/508937.html?nav=5017 Recap: Arizona vs. San Francisco - Miami Herald- September 16, 2008 Adam Dunn hit the go-ahead, two-run home run in the eighth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks kept pace in the NL West standings with a 3-1 win over the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a four-game series from Chase Field. Starter Doug Davis ...http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/688081.html Dunn's homer lifts Arizona over San Francisco - International Herald Tribune- September 16, 2008 PHOENIX : Adam Dunn homered with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks past the San Francisco Giants 3-1 on Monday night. Justin Upton added his 13th home run for the Diamondbacks, who won for just the second ...http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/16/sports/BBN-Giants-Diamondbacks.php |