Will the Real Diamondbacks Please Stand Up?

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 Will the Real Diamondbacks Please Stand Up?
Is Arizona a real contender, or a year away? We’re getting to that point in the season when things begin to take a reasonable shape. After almost 70 games, you start to get a sense of who’s going to be in this thing for the long haul. There are exceptions to this, of course, just look at what the Rockies did last season. But by and large what teams and players are now, ... [link]

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