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baseballstud40
Writer for www.gearupforsports.com; primarily on the Phoenix Suns (http://suns.gearupforsports.com/blog/) but also for the Arizona Cardinals. I also write for fanball.com on www.dbacksvenom.com (Arizona Diamondbacks) Web Site: Gear Up for Sports: Phoenix Suns Claimed Blogs: D'Backs' Venom, Gear Up For Suns Basketball BallHype Member since Dec. 23, 2008 |
suns.gearupforsports.com - 21 hours ago
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With the revitalized way the Phoenix Suns have
been playing this season, a match-up with a Hornets
team without Chris Paul seemed like a sure victory. However, the Suns decided to leave their intensity at at home and were defeated 110-103. This is relatively disheartening considering the fact ...
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Play Like A ButterFly, Get Stung By A Hornet
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dbacksvenom.com - 2 days ago
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The National League Cy Young Award will be
awarded on Thursday, and the leading candidates are Tim
Lincecum, Chris Carpenter, and Adam Wainwright. Over the last few years, the statistics used to evaluate pitchers have evolved, from the traditional stats like Wins and Losses and ERA, to more ...
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The 2009 NL Cy Young Award, and what are ERA+, VORP, ...
suns.gearupforsports.com - 3 days ago
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After a significant letdown in the eyes of
many versus the Los Angeles Lakers, the Phoenix Suns
were able to rebound against the Toronto Raptors 101-100. In the Lakers game, Amare Stoudemire had one of the worst 1st quarters I have ever witnessed from one player. Amare got caught up in a ...
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Suns Gunning for 1st to 10 Wins
dbacksvenom.com - 6 days ago
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As we end the decade of the 2000s,
let’s take a look back at the Diamondbacks’ top
performers over that period. The offensive star of the decade was Luis Gonzalez, who played in 1041 games for the D’backs during the 2000s, leading everyone else by at least 300 games. Gonzalez also led the team ...
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Diamondbacks’ Players of the Decade – 2000s
dbacksvenom.com - 10 days ago
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Heading into the offseason, the Diamondbacks’ rotation for
2010 is shaping up as five right-handers – Brandon
Webb, Dan Haren, Max Scherzer, Billy Buckner, and Kevin Mulvey, with last year’s AAA pitchers (Bryan Augenstein, Cesar Valdez, Hector Ambriz, and Tony Barnette) also ...
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Free Agent Starting Pitcher Rankings – 2010 Diamondback ...
suns.gearupforsports.com - 11 days ago
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The Phoenix Suns continued their white hot start
this season by defeating the Washington Wizards yesterday 102-90.
Perhaps as impressive as the victory was the fact 4 out 5 of the Suns starters had double doubles yesterday. Steve Nash, who is currently leading the NBA with 11.9 assists per ...
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Phoenix Suns Are Scorching The NBA
dbacksvenom.com - 12 days ago
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The Diamondbacks made several transactions during the last
few days, and we now have a pretty good
idea about the projected roster for 2010. As expected, the D’backs picked up Brandon Webb’s $8.5M option. Pitchers Doug Davis, Scott Schoeneweis, and Daniel Cabrera filed for free ...
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2010 Diamondbacks Projected Roster and Payroll
dbacksvenom.com - 16 days ago
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The Diamondbacks’ minor league system had taken a
big hit over the last few years. The Dan
Haren trade sent 6 top prospects to Oakland, including Brett Anderson, Carlos Gonzalez, Chris Carter, and Aaron Cunningham. Since 2007, the D’backs had graduated Justin Upton, Chris Young, ...
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2010 Diamondbacks Top 21 Prospects.
suns.gearupforsports.com - 18 days ago
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Yes, the Phoenix Suns are 3-0 after the
first week of the NBA Season. Yes, the Suns
are running and gunning thus far to a tune of 117.3 points per game. Yes, the Suns are shooting over 50% from three point land including Channing Frye at a 65% clip (13-20). However, have the Suns played any ...
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Yes The Suns Are 3-0, But Temper Your Excitement
dbacksvenom.com - 18 days ago
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The 2009 Fielding Bible awards were announced today.
These awards are based on the votes of 10
experts – John Dewan (author, The Fielding Bible), Joe Posnanski (Sports Illustrated, KC Star), Bill James (founder of “Sabermetrics”), Mat Olkin (consultant to many MLB teams, ...
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2009 Fielding Bible Awards
dbacksvenom.com - 20 days ago
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Offensively, Centerfield was the Diamondbacks worst position in
2009, with a .219/.293 OBP/.379 SLG line. Chris Young
was the primary CF, starting 121 games, while Gerardo Parra took over while Young was demoted to AAA for a month. Both players will be back in 2010 – will one of them be ...
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2010 Diamondbacks Position Battles – Centerfield
dbacksvenom.com - 20 days ago
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Diamondback fans, Fanball is celebrating the season by
opening this crop of autographed glossy pictures of Randy
Johnson for sale at www.buzzersports.com . They have some great items… check them out!”
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Autographed Randy Johnson Photos
suns.gearupforsports.com - 21 days ago
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With the release of the scorned Tim Donaghy’s
tell all book this week, Suns fan’s past suspicions
have been confirmed. It seems that in fact referee Tommy Nunez, who was the group supervisor for the 2007 Suns vs. Spurs 2nd round playoff match-up had a vested interest in the ...
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Suns Were Playing 5 on 6 In 2007 vs. Spurs
dbacksvenom.com - 22 days ago
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First Base is the position that needs to
see the biggest improvement for the D’Backs in 2010.
During the 2009 season, the D’Backs used eight different players at 1B, and as a group they hit a collective .228/.321 OBP/.396 SLG. The first basemen’s OPS (On-Base+Slugging) of ...
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2010 Diamondback Position Battles – First Base
dbacksvenom.com - 25 days ago
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After starting Orlando Hudson in 2008 and Felipe
Lopez in 2009, the Diamondbacks will be looking for
another 2B in 2010. Although a free agent is certainly possible, there are three internal candidates for the job - Tony Abreu, Ryan Roberts, and Rusty Ryal (sorry Augie Ojeda). After the Lopez ...
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2010 Diamondbacks Position Battles - Second Base
