Quick Quotes
"We're not really clicking on anything right now."
"I tried to get them to hit ground balls and sometimes they're not at guys," Ziegler said. "If those balls are a little bit to one side or the other, the whole inning might be different and it might still be a 2-1 game."
"One of the easiest things to do is to try to simplify things, not try to over-complicate things. Just kind of go back to the basics and stay within ourselves and do the things we need to do. We're a good enough team when we don't try too hard. We just have to go out and be ourselves. But when we're trying a little too hard and pressing a little bit, everybody gets tight and it all just kind of snowballs at that point."
Brad Ziegler
Daily Diamondback Digest
Corbin's Bid to go 10-0 Comes to Bitter, Rain-Soaked End
Patrick Corbin was stellar through six innings once again. However, the Diamondback offense once again provided almost no support, and it cost the starting pitcher when he ran into trouble, and a 1 hour and 41 minute rain delay in the seventh. After the rains let up, Brad Ziegler came in, but was unable to perform his almost expected magic act of getting the team out of trouble. By the end of the frame, the Mets scored seven runs, more than enough to put away the struggling team from Arizona which has now lost five in a row.
Back in the day when in-depth statistical analysis was still in its infancy, a scout applied the eye-test to Kirk Gibson. It was an interesting scouting report, one that pegged him nicely as a future star in the big leagues.
Did Goldschmidt Take that Fastball Down the Pipe on Purpose?
Lyle Overbay has an interesting early-Goldie anecdote.
Martin Prado, the "Blowdart", and Ripley's Believe It or Not
The story behind the odd celebration some of the Diamondbacks have picked up on.
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Homer Bailey Tells Giants, "No-No"
Congratulations to Homer Bailey, who joined a very elite group of pitchers after throwing his second career no-no last night against the also-struggling San Francisco Giants.
Mostly lost in all the hoopla in support of Homer Bailey is the fact that Clayton Kershaw was almost as dominant. He may have allowed four hits to the offensive juggernaut that is Colorado, but he did manage to also strike out eight of them in route to his seventh career shutout, and second of this season.
As the Hot Stove continues to heat up, here are 10 bats to pay attention to as teams try to make adjustments for their second-half runs toward the playoff.