Honest • Unbiased • Apolitical
Your Connection to the Diamond!
Honest • Unbiased • Apolitical
Your Connection to the Diamond!
Dodgers Closer Evan Phillips: Another Diamond in the Rough In recent years, the Los Angeles Dodgers have found some castoffs with potential, worked them through their system, and turned them into key players. Two of the most successful examples are Max Muncy and the now-departed Justin Turner. Both made two All-Star teams and were on […]
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Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — 8/28–9/3 Team Rankings We are beginning the 21st week of the season. After missing Week 20 due to computer problems, the team bullpen/reliever/relief corps rankings have returned. The leader has remained the same since these rankings first ran. A crucial injury caused the #2 team to fall 18 spots. […]
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Reds 8, Diamondbacks 7 (11 innings) PHOENIX, Aug. 26 — The Arizona Diamondbacks held a two-run lead over the Cincinnati Reds entering the ninth inning, but instead of hearing “D-Backs Swing” when the game ended, they may as well have played Lit’s 1999 hit song “My Own Worst Enemy.” Seven Reds runs over the final […]
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Diamondbacks vs. Reds Pregame — August 26, 2023 Torey Lovullo, Diamondbacks Manager Injury Updates Arizona Diamondbacks Manager Torey Lovullo said before his team’s game with the Cincinnati Reds that Drey Jameson is “out to 60 to 90 feet, feeling asymptomatic, and feeling good.” The next steps will be to get him out to 120 feet […]
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PHOENIX, Aug. 25 — The Arizona Diamondbacks outslugged the Cincinnati Reds, 10–8, with aggressive hitting and baserunning on Friday night. In what has become an important series at Chase Field, rookie Brandon Pfaadt went up against Hunter Greene, and when Kevin Ginkel got the final out, Pfaadt picked up his first major league win. Reds […]
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Reliever Roundup & Bullpen Bonanza — Week 20 Individual Rankings We are near the end of Week 20 of the season. Here are the top ten individual relievers in each league. But these rankings take it to a different level than the other reliever rankings you’ve seen. We will separate our rankings by closers, setup […]
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Diamondbacks 3, Reds 2 PHOENIX, August 24 — Arizona Diamondbacks get late inning heroics in in a 3-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds Thursday night. It was their fifth win in a row and eighth of their last ten. Merrill Kelly and Brandon Williamson were locked in a pitcher’s duel, but a two-run home run […]
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The Oakland Athletics (36–91) have taken the season series from the Kansas City Royals (41–88). After being swept by the Baltimore Orioles, they become first team to reach 90 loses this season. That is a crown that no team wants to wear. The Athletics responded by taking two of three from the Royals and win […]
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