sports.espn.go.com - 9/25/2008
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The Arizona Diamondbacks completed their late-season fade Thursday with a 12-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, a defeat that clinched the NL West for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Arizona (79-80) led the division by 4½ games before play on Aug. 29, then lost 11 of 14 as the Dodgers took control ...
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Skipper named Joe going to postseason
SmackCaster SmackBlog —
... It won’t be Joe Girardi, the Yankees’ streak is toast. However, Joe Torre’s streak is up and running as the Arizona Diamondbacks continued their freefall and lost to the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday, handing the Los Angeles Dodgers the NL West crown. ...
Postgame notes: Caridinals 12, Diamondbacks 3
Fungoes —
... Crash Davis Jason LaRue plated the first two of the Cardinals’ dozen runs with a two-out hit in the bottom of the first. Batting sixth, he had baserunners on every time up, including the bases loaded in his first three PAs. That’ll happen when the five batters ahead of you all have a .350 or better OBP (Barton, .353, Lopez, .400, Pujols, .458, Ludwick, .371, and Glaus, .372). On the day, LaRue had a total of 12 runners on for an OBI% (Others batted in) of 16.7%. Is that good, you may wonder? For reference, the ...
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