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...Time for pennant race baseball at its best - USA Today- September 17, 2008 Your heart is beating so fast you have your buddies look up CPR techniques on the Internet. Your hands are so sweaty you need to grip your cold adult beverage with both hands. Your eyes are so weary from scoreboard watching that you can barely focus ...http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/dailypitch/2008-09-17-cubs-on-roll_N.htm Daily Notes for Thursday: NL East aces take mound - ESPN.com- September 17, 2008 Hitters: Jose Lopez is enjoying his best month of the season. The Mariners' second baseman is batting .333 BA.368 OBP.574 SLG with three home runs so far in September. Yankees catcher Ivan Rodriguez is 13-for-29 with six extra-base hits versus ...http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/baseball/flb/story?page=dn080918 San Francisco Arizona: - Sportsnet.ca- September 17, 2008 Now that Brandon Webb has achieved his pitching milestone, the Arizona ace hopes to help the Diamondbacks improve their slim postseason chances while trying for a third straight victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night. After ...http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/scores/20080917/SF@Ari/story Baseball's postseason awards up for grabs in both leagues- September 17, 2008 It's not quite the hardware players dream of attaining when they arrive to spring training, but if you can't get a World Series ring, individual awards can look quite nice on the mantelpiece.http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2008-09-16-baseball-awards_N.htm San Francisco Giants (68-83) at Arizona Diamondbacks (74-76), 9:40 p.m ... - Miami Herald- September 17, 2008 Brandon Webb will try to keep playoff hopes alive for the Arizona Diamondbacks, who resume a four-game series this evening versus the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field. Arizona is 4 12 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers for the lead in the ...http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/689968.html Baseball Today:Sept. 17, 2008- September 17, 2008 Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs . Ben Sheets must come up big for the slumping Brewers, in a tight race for the NL wild card.http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=279236&pub=1&div=Sports Howard, Phillies climb to top - Boston Globe- September 17, 2008 Ryan Howard rallied the Philadelphia Phillies back into first place, hitting a go-ahead homer in the eighth inning for his fourth hit in an 8-7 victory over the Braves last night in Atlanta. Brad Lidge escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth and ...http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/articles/2008/09/17/howard_phillies_climb_to_top Learning curve: Birds struggle through 10th season in Missoula- September 17, 2008 Pitcher Taylor Sinclair went 5-2 this season and was one of the few bright spots for the Missoula Osprey.http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/09/17/sports/sports01.txt Recap: Arizona vs. San Francisco - Miami Herald- September 17, 2008 Dan Haren threw his first career shutout, dominating the Giants to send the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 2-0 victory over San Francisco, in the second contest of a four-game series from Chase Field. Haren (15-8) was masterful in scattering four hits and ...http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/689604.html White Sox pitching youth tournaments as replacement- September 17, 2008 The Chicago White Sox hope Pima County will let them out of their contractual obligations to find a Major League Baseball team to replace them in Tucson when they move to Glendale - either next season or in ...http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/sports/96935.php |