Arizona Diamondbacks
Enjoy Tonight’s 2010 MLB All-Star Game
The MLB All-Star game is still an exhibition, but it means more than any other All-Star game in any other sport. The winning league of tonight’s 8pm ET game on FOX will gain home field advantage in the World Series. Kind of a big deal, as it has been s…
13Jul2010 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Happy Trails, Dontrelle Willis
Arizona Diamondbacks interim general manager Jerry DiPoto’s first order of business? Get Dontrelle Willis the hell out of Arizona.After continuing to experience the same old pesky control problems, Willis has been designated for assignment. Yeah, he la…
5Jul2010 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Diamondbacks Fire GM and A.J. Hinch
According to a couple of anonymous spources, the 31-48 Arizona Diamondbacks have fired general manager Josh Byrnes along with manager A.J. Hinch.It didn’t take a crystal ball to know that Hinch’s days with the club were numbered, but canning your GM w…
1Jul2010 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Way to Go, Edwin Jackson!
Edwin Jackson just finished tossing the second no-hitter in Arizona Diamondbacks history, against his former team, the Tampa Bay [Devil] Rays.It may have taken the right-hander 150 pitches through a sloppy performance that included eight walks and six …
25Jun2010 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
What’s That Sucking Sound?
Oh, it’s just the Arizona Diamondbacks.Coming off the worst road-trip in franchise history with an 0-9 record capping a 10-game skid, the team managed a walk-off home victory Friday against the Colorado Rockies.And it’s not like this is the first time …
5Jun2010 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Shut Up Hanley Ramirez
We’ve made it pretty damn clear that we love Hanley Ramirez. However, we very much dislike smack-talking athletes who are already paid a million times more than we will ever see in our lifetime.After the Florida Marlins All-Star shortstop botched a gr…
18May2010 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Happy Trails, Eric Byrnes
Eric Brynes, we’ve always liked your surfer look and sweet shades. Absolutely no one can rock the socks with sandals look quite like you, and for that, we’d like to high five you so hard that your hand stings for a whole day.Only you could bounce back …
6May2010 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Babes Love Brawls
Monday’s contest between the Mariners and the Diamondbacks saw the benches clear and Cliff Lee get ejected for… not knowing how to pitch?Lee was tossed for supposedly trying to hit Arizona catcher Chris Snyder in the bottom of the third inning. Ther…
16Mar2010 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Edwin Jackson, D’Backs Avoid Arbitration
Avoiding arbitration this weekend, Edwin Jackson and the Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed on a $13.35 million, two-year deal.The right-hander went 13-9 with a 3.62 ERA over 33 starts with the Detroit Tigers last season, enjoying his first All-Star sele…
15Feb2010 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Jon Garland Likes California
Jon Garland has signed with the San Diego Padres, opting to stay in the Golden State for another year. The club may have gotten away with a bit of a steal here, signing the right-hander for just $4.7 million for one year with a $6.75 million option for…
27Jan2010 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
The Big Unit Says Goodbye
Sure, we’ve had our fun with Randy Johnson in the past. It’s hard not to poke fun at a guy who rocks a mullet, but we’re sad to see him go. After 22 years in Major League Baseball, he’s ready to hang up his cleats.Johnson, 46 years old and the last of …
5Jan2010 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Welcome Back Conor Jackson
Despite falling off the radar due to a bad case of valley fever, we haven’t swayed in our love for Conor Jackson.The Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman/outfielder, who missed the last five months of what turned out to be a really crappy season for his …
19Nov2009 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
We Can Love Jim Thome Again!
Jim Thome has had an awesome career, and is completely loveable, but for the last few years, Twins fans had to hate him because he was the enemy. Well, rejoice, baseball fans, he’s out of the AL again! (Well, rejoice, unless you are a Rockies or a Gi…
1Sep2009 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
Who The Hell Is Ryan Roberts?
When the Arizona Diamondbacks ditched Felipe Lopez last month, the census was that they’d be searching for a second baseman for quite a while. Think again.The 1% of you fantasy players who own Ryan Roberts (and the 0% of you who have been starting the …
6Aug2009 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
See Ya Next Year, Brandon Webb
Man, that was a long, incredibly awesome hiatus. Now back to business… I missed you guys too.After undergoing shoulder surgery on Monday, Brandon Webb is done for the season.The Arizona Diamondbacks righty, who has a history of being a rather durable…
4Aug2009 | Babes Love Baseball | 0 comments | Continued
