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Photo by Ray Amati/NBAE via Getty Images We’re getting an early start this year... One of the regular off-season projects here are the player reviews, where we go through everyone who appeared for the team, along with manager Torey Lovullo and GM Mike Hazen. Each gets a performance appraisal of sorts, looking at how they did, their status going into the winter and what … [Read more...] about Rate (or slate!) the 2021 Diamondbacks

We can kick back and enjoy it now. Astros and Braves in the World Series. Thoughts? James: It’s a scenario I can easily live with. THe Red Sox got bounced and, most importantly, so did the FTDs. I was low-key rooting for the Rays in the AL, but mostly, with the teams that made the playoffs, the Sox (both Red and White) getting bounced is all that matters. In the NL, my only … [Read more...] about SnakePit Round Table: Dodger Free World Series

Photo by Sarah Sachs/Arizona Diamondbacks/Getty Images When there is no baseball there is not much to do about. Diamondbacks News Around The MLB [Sports Illustrated] Tyler Matzek’s Improbable Journey to Immortality in Atlanta He heard about a former Navy SEAL named Jason Kuhn who had himself developed a case of the yips in college. Matzek flew to … [Read more...] about Snake Bytes: 10/25 – No Milk Today

Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images Diamondbacks Hurler Much Sharper in the Rafters 8-1 Victory Slade Cecconi had struggled a bit in his first two outings in the Arizona Fall League. In his first game he had control issues, walking 4 batters, although he didn’t allow a run in just two innings of work. In his second game he worked in relief, and gave up … [Read more...] about Third Time’s a Charm for Slade Cecconi

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Atlanta Braves saved the world from Armageddon. Los Angeles Dodger evil has been defeated. For now. Atlanta will face the Houston Astros in the 2021 World Series. NLCS/Atlanta Braves [Yahoo Sports] Braves’ ouster of 106-win Dodgers shows that October rewards ambition - The Braves’ swing at 2021 was nothing like the … [Read more...] about Snake Bytes 10/24: Sweet Victory

The Atlanta Braves have defeated evil and saved baseball Last night in game 6 of the NLCS the Atlanta Braves were up 4-1 over the Dodgers in the 5th. My cell was already buzzing with messages like, ‘it’s over’, and ‘Braves will win it.’ But I was compelled to not respond with glee or confirmation. My superstitions got the best of me. After all, The Dodgers have been known to be … [Read more...] about Meme Sunday 10/24: Cross ‘Em Out and Put a ‘K’

So, no Max Scherzer,,, Or will there be? Dodgers @ Braves (5:08 pm, TBS) - Braves lead 3-2 Today's Lineups DODGERS BRAVES Mookie Betts - RF Eddie Rosario - LF Corey Seager - SS Freddie Freeman - 1B Trea Turner - 2B Ozzie Albies - 2B Will Smith - C Austin Riley - 3B Chris Taylor - 3B Adam Duvall - CF Cody Bellinger - CF Joc Pederson - RF AJ Pollock - … [Read more...] about Gameday Thread #18: Missing in action

Photo credit should read MIKE CLARKE/AFP via Getty Images If the Sporcles were anything to go by, the team will soon largely be forgotten. Especially the pitching. Position players 54 people bravely stepped up to try and remember all 28 position players to don Sedona Red this year. The average score was about two-thirds, with 41% able to name twenty or more. A quarter … [Read more...] about How well did you remember the 2021 Diamondbacks?

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Houston Astros punched their ticket back to the World Series with a dominating 5-0 victory over Boston and now await the winner of the NLCS, Game 6 of which is tonight. ALCS Boston 0, Houston 5The Boston Red Sox did not record their first hit of the game until the seventh inning, a one-out, one-on single by Alex … [Read more...] about Snake Bytes: 10/23 – Astros Now Await Braves (Probably)