when will the 2008 Arizona Diamondbacks come back to earth?

Wow, just saw the highlight of that 9th inning, OW.

It sucked to be an infielder in Brian McCann's way last night.

Adam Dunn is now a Diamondback

Nice to see the Dodgers give a crap about winning the NL West.

why didn't LA block the deal? what's one more outfielder on the Dodger roster?

Ned Coletti, brainiac.

And the Reds got 2 PTBNL and a 2006 draftee that underwent Tommy John surgery last year? Ned probably could've given up Ethier + 1 and gotten it done (tho lol @ LAD OF defense if that actually happened).

Love that Dallas Buck's Wiki page has the trade in it already, but still says he MAY undergo TJ.

Stark is smarter than the average ESPN hack, and I think Webb may end up fully deserving the Cy, BUT...

Jeff (LA): Is Brandon Webb even the Cy Young of his own team? Haren has more quality starts and strikeouts, a better WHIP and near identical ERA.

Jayson Stark: (1:59 PM ET ) Dan Haren might be third in this race, at worst. But I don't think he's the Cy Young. Brandon Webb has that ace aura. And he's 17-4! Haren has absolutely pitched great, and he's been a tremendous assistant ace. But I think other teams still look at Brandon Webb as The Man on that staff.

That's par for Stark's course, Morbs!

If they make the playoffs, I would not want my team to have to play the D-Backs. Going with Webb and Haren to open a playoff series would be nasty and a team could be down 0-2 before the paint even dries. The Unit has also been pitching better and he might be able to fire up the mullet for a night.

CC and Sheets ain't much of a picnic, either.

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Updated: December 3, 2007, 4:33 PM ET
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Chicago White Sox added depth to their inexperienced outfield Monday, acquiring Carlos Quentin from the Arizona Diamondbacks for minor league first baseman Chris Carter.

Could you imagine the D-Backs with Quentin?

"CC and Sheets ain't much of a picnic, either."

That's true. It would be a show to have those four starters meet in game 1 and 2 of a playoff series.

The D-Backs bullpen isn't as good as last year, but it is not quite the kerosene corps in Milwaukee. That Brewer bullpen is a sad face waiting to happen.

this has been lost in ryan howard's "pursuit" of the single-season strikeouts record, but even with howard having 163 Ks in 473 ABs, mark reynolds has 156 Ks in 421 ABs. howard is on pace for 211 Ks and reynolds is on pace for 205.

Dunn continuing to make JP Ricciardi look like a chump.

Adam Dunn is what he is and for what he is it is somewhat consistent. The guy is a perfect fit for what they needed and I would not be surprised if Dunn ends up getting signed by Arizona. The guy has hit 200 HRs (and counting) in the last five years. No matter what, there is just not that many guys that have hit 40 HRs five plus seasons in a row. Dunn will never hit for much more average than he does, but I think all of those walks even that and the K's out a bit.

I think whatever team has him would probably be better to get him playing first base if he stays in the NL.

They just got swept by the Padres, but to be fair, it's hard to compete when the Padres are throwing studs like Baek and Reineke out there and the Dbacks have to counter with Webb and Randy Johnson.

it doesn't even matter. the dodgers are in such a tailspin right now not even manny and alyssa milano can help.

Yeah, but here come the Rockieees.

Dunn's going to start sprinting out those grounders now...

Looks like Haren would now have more of a CY case than Webb.

Lincecum should be the clear choice at this point. Of course, ESPN is now casting it as a race btwn Webb and ... Sabathia!

Morbius has a point.

Which player would you rather have on your team?

Look for the unselfish one.

2nd Y Molina homered to left center.
2nd J Mather homered to left.
2nd A Dunn homered to left.
3rd A Pujols homered to left, R Ludwick scored.
3rd F Lopez homered to left.
3rd D Eckstein hit sacrifice fly to right, S Drew scored.
4th C Young homered to left.
5th S Drew homered to right.
6th R Ludwick doubled to deep center, C Izturis scored.
6th M Reynolds homered to left center, A Dunn scored.

Is this Daron Sutton doing the play-by-play? Maybe he should be tranquilized.

Tony Clark pinch running!

Tony Clark parked at third for a couple solid seconds watching Stephen Drew attempt to leg out a triple. "No, dude, you got a double -- second's back there."

haha that was great

he was physically pointing at the base!!

Brian (Brooklyn): What makes Webb a more deserving Cy Young candidate than Santana? Is it Johan's fault that the bullpen has blown a ton of leads for him?

Rob Neyer: (12:38 PM ET ) Santana's having a great season, but there's a big difference between their home ballparks. And the difference favors Webb in these discussions.

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Bill W (Brooklyn NY): Right now Webb is NINTH in the NL in VORP (park-neutral, yes?) behind Lincecum, Santana, Sheets, Dempster, Hamels, Peavy, Haren and Billingsley. Isn't what makes him the Cy co-favorite right now nothing more than that lucky ol' W-L figure?

Rob Neyer: (12:52 PM ET ) Sure. As always. I do think Webb's better than the ninth-best pitcher in the league; for one thing, he's third-best in innings pitched and might finish No. 1. But yeah, he's been lucky.

Sep 25 The Associated Press reports Arizona Diamondbacks 3B Mark Reynolds set a major league record with his 200th strikeout Thursday, Sept. 25.

Wow so much focus on Howard I didn't even realize Reynolds level of sucktitude.

Not that striking out = sucking, but Reynolds had a crappy year overall.

nice combined 9-inning no hitter, pitchers ive never heard of

J Rauch 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14-8 5.26
E Vasquez 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 29-20 5.23
C Zavada 2.2 0 0 0 3 2 0 45-22 0.00
L Rosales (W, 1-0) 3.1 0 0 0 0 4 0 34-27 5.40