Walk Toward The Light: Your 2009 Arizona Diamondbacks

Like 2008's Nail in the Coffin series, 2009's Walk Toward The Light aims to memorialize the eliminated teams that are gone and will likely be forgotten.Arizona DiamondbacksCurrent record 68-89 Season highlight The disappointing '09 D'Backs earned the spotlight on an individual basis much more than they did as a team, so we'll go with the feel-good story of Clay Zavada. A relief pitcher with a Rollie Fingers mustache, Zavada went from selling animal pelts for extra money in the offseason to the big leagues in just a matter of months. He's done a pretty good job since being called up, earning a 3.42 ERA in 50 innings of work. Season lowlight Brandon Webb(notes) left his Opening Day start with pain in his shoulder and he never pitched in 2009 again. Though Dan Haren(notes) was well-suited to lead the rotation (and then some), watching their Opening Day starter go down on Opening Day provided the D'backs a harbinger for the 162-game mess on the horizon. We...