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Arizona Diamondbacks take series from Atlanta Braves

Bob McManaman — Thu, 16 May 2013 02:33:11 +0000

Heath Bell said he spent far too much time looking back and tracing over everything that went wrong last season during his short time with the Miami Marlins.It was so bad he told himself he wasn’t going to talk about it this week if anybody asked. What’s done is done, he said. Besides, why relive a nightmare?

Arizona Diamondbacks take series from Atlanta Braves

Bob McManaman — Thu, 16 May 2013 02:33:11 +0000

Pat Corbin, Arizona Diamondbacks blank the Atlanta Braves to snap 3-game skid

Bob McManaman — Wed, 15 May 2013 06:06:50 +0000

Kirk Gibson didn’t see the need to reach out and have a friendly little chat with Justin Upton on Tuesday.
“I saw enough of him on the field (Monday),” the Diamondbacks manager deadpanned.

Justin Upton ready to make return to Arizona as Atlanta Braves come to town

Bob McManaman — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:13:56 +0000

PHOENIX — After exchanging the usual pleasantries and probably a few laughs, handshakes and high fives, Kirk Gibson promises his Diamondbacks will be all business Monday when they welcome Justin Upton back to Chase Field.
Upton will be facing his former team for the first time since the Diamondbacks dealt him to the Braves in January, and Gibson would like nothing more than to see his team spoil the slugger’s homecoming.

Arizona Diamondbacks threaten late but fall to the Philadelphia Phillies

Bob McManaman — Sun, 12 May 2013 04:42:46 +0000

PHOENIX — They waited and waited. And then they waited some more.
Trying to score runs off Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee is never an easy thing, and the Diamondbacks tried to be patient against the left-hander with their season-high five-game winning streak on the line Saturday night at Chase Field.

Arizona Diamondbacks rally to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies

Bob McManaman — Sat, 11 May 2013 07:30:50 +0000

PHOENIX — What is it with Kirk Gibson and his premonitions?
Not only does he drop the slumping Miguel Montero all the way down to eighth in the batting order Friday, but then he predicts the catcher will be in a position later that night to do something big, “probably with the bases loaded.”

Arizona Diamondbacks hold off the Philadelphia Phillies in pitchers’ duel

Bob McManaman — Fri, 10 May 2013 06:12:38 +0000

PHOENIX — For a supposed No. 5 starter, Pat Corbin sure is turning into one heck of an ace.
The Diamondbacks left-hander continued his torrid start to the season Thursday night at Chase Field against the Philadelphia Phillies. And he made a little history along the way.

Arizona Cardinals’ Patrick Peterson has been pivotal in Tyrann Mathieu’s 2nd chance

Bob McManaman — Fri, 10 May 2013 03:18:31 +0000

Patrick Peterson wasn’t sure who was happier when the Cardinals drafted Tyrann Mathieu last month — Peterson or Mathieu.
On the day it happened, we talked to Peterson just moments after speaking with Mathieu on a conference call, and their emotions ran raw and deep.

Money for nothing? Los Angeles Dodgers out of playoffs would be disaster

Bob McManaman — Wed, 08 May 2013 06:08:46 +0000

Some random baseball thoughts and musings while the Heat Index waits for a jury verdict in the Jodi Arias case:
If the Dodgers fail to make the playoffs this season, just how big of a disaster will it be in La-La Land?
Just a hunch, but you could probably peg it somewhere between Tommy Lasorda swearing off the color blue and California breaking off and falling into the Pacific Ocean.

Exciting games help ‘breaking-in period’ for Arizona Diamondbacks’ TV voices

Bob McManaman — Sat, 04 May 2013 01:43:47 +0000

If one month isn’t enough time to judge whether the Diamondbacks will be contenders this season, then one month probably isn’t long enough to make any clear-cut assessment of their new television broadcast team.
Play-by-play man Steve Berthiaume and color analyst Bob Brenly freely admit they are still feeling their way around the TV booth, never having worked together — or having met — until after they were hired in October.