The Arizona Diamondbacks received a bit of help on Wednesday when the mother of all curses was announced as having been directed at the hottest team in baseball.
We should be relieved, it could have been the Dbacks. But I guess the fact that even compared to Colorado Rockies, Arizona is still the underdog.
Jeff Francis, the […]

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Who is going to win the NLCS?  The Diamondbacks, with the National League’s best record of 90-72, or the Colorado Rockies, who took one extra game to reach the 90-win plateau?
On Defense, the Rockies get the edge, with a higher fielding percentage (.989), than the D-Backs’ (.983).  The Rockies were the best defensive team in […]

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Don’t understand how the D-Backs (A) made the playoffs (b) won the NL West or (c) hold a 1-0 playoff lead over the Cubs? This T/F questionnaire should answer all the lingering questions you have:

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That was fun!
Going to game one of the Diamondbacks/Cubs series I was not sure what to expect in terms of the fan ratio. I was concerned that we would be embarrassed on national TV with a crowd of mostly Cubs fans in our building.
Fortunately the game was on TBS, so knowing that nobody was actually […]

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I’d love to know what Jose Valverde says when he closes out a game like that. The guys on ESPN think he says “Get out of here! Game over!” But I think it’s hard to tell.
Either way, it gets me pumped. Especially now in the playoffs.
The Arizona Diamondbacks took Game 1 of the NLDS against […]

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