Diamondbacks Blown Out of Philly

Last night Jon Garland became the latest and greatest MLB player to clear the waiver wire. The Diamondbacks have garnered two things from this move. They A) Now know that nobody thinks Jon Garland is worth the money that they are currently paying him and B) they can trade Garland to any team that may want him. The Waiver Wire as a whole is an interesting concept. A team gets...

The Arizona Diamondbacks have got to be glad to be done playing the Philadelphia Phillies this season. The World Champs took 5 out of 6 from the D-Backs this year, including the just-completed one-sided three-sweep at Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies clubbed 9 home runs in the series en route to outscoring Arizona [...]

The LBS Golden Sombrero Club is beginning to discriminate in terms of membership. Garrett Jones of the Pirates takes one last week against the Rockies, the LBS presses are not halted. Hank Blalock was lucky to have slipped between the cracks last week too. But Mark Reynolds, possibly the hottest hitter in [...]

D'Backs starter Jon Garland has cleared waivers, according to Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports. Now the team can trade him to any one of the clubs seeking rotation help without restriction. Morosi hears that Garland is one of the more appealing starting pitchers available, in spite of his considerable contract. The righty makes $6.25MM this year and will receive $2.5MM if his team...

The struggling Arizona Diamondbacks can pretty much pack it in since they are 14 1/2 games behind in the wild-card race. Tonight their bags are packed and a lengthy road trip continues with the opener of a three- game series against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park.

The speed and power of NASCAR and baseball will join again in 2009 in a partnership to raise money and awareness for two major youth charities. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Clint Bowyer, Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher and 2006 National League Cy Young Award winner Brandon Webb, and Phoenix International Raceway President Bryan R. Sperber have announced [...]

Omaha overwhelmed a tired Tacoma Rainiers pitching staff in a 13-6 Pacific Coast League victory

Arizona Diamondbacks (54-67) at Philadelphia Phillies (68-49) Doug Davis (7-10, 3.59 ERA) vs. Joe Blanton (7-6, 3.88 ERA) Time: 7:05 p.m at Citizens Bank Park Weather: Mostly Cloudy, 83 TV: Comcast Sportsnet, MLB Network Twitter: Phillies Nation The Phillies are 19 games over .500, a season high.  After salvaging the first two games of the series, the Phillies seek to sweep the Arizona [...]

Friday Night Lights Links... Justin Duchscherer will miss the rest of the season with clinical depression according to ESPN's Jerry Crasnick. He's been on the disabled list just about all season with an elbow issue, but this is just sad, sad news. CSN California first had the scoop earlier tonight. Duke is scheduled to become a free agent after the season...