Arizona Diamondbacks All-Decade Team for the 2010s
With the 2010s ending in less than two months, it’s a good time to look at the best players of
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Ejection Inspection, World Series Special: Dave Martinez
Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez became the first World Series ejection since Bobby Cox in 1996. This Ejection Inspection special
Read MoreAll Five Pennant-Winning Home Runs by the Visiting Team
These aren’t technically “pennant-winning,” since they weren’t the last play of the game, but they still gave their teams the
Read MoreAll Six Pennant-Winning Home Runs
Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve joined an elite club Saturday night, becoming the sixth man to hit a pennant-winning
Read MoreNLDS Was a Washington Nationals Exorcism
My latest for Last Word on Baseball is a feature-length piece about playoff exorcisms. Sometimes, star-crossed franchises need to beat
Read MoreEjection Inspection: The 2019 Earl Weaver Awards
The end of the regular season means awards. Here are the first — the Weaver Awards! My latest for Last
Read MoreEjection Inspection, Weeks 26 & 27
The year ends with a bang in this installment of Ejection Inspection, as Dodgers manager Dave Roberts received an unfair
Read MoreMike Butcher Out as Arizona Diamondbacks Pitching Coach
The Diamondbacks are bringing back every coach in 2020 except one — pitching coach Mike Butcher. My latest for Last
Read MoreDiamondbacks 1, Padres 0
I covered today’s Diamondbacks-Padres game — the season finale for both teams — from the press box. It had an
Read MoreDiamondbacks 6, Padres 5
I got to cover tonight’s Diamondbacks-Padres game from the press box. It was a lot of fun, especially considering that
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