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The Arizona Diamondbacks
The Beginning
The Arizona Diamondbacks franchise started in 1998. there first major league games was played against the Colorado Rockies on March 31, 1998, at Bank One Ball Park (now Chase Field). 50,176 people attended the game. Like most teams on the debut, they lost 9-2 to the Rockies. Andy
Benes threw the first pitch for the Diamondbacks, and Travis
Lee was the first player to hit, score, homer and drive in a run. In 2001, inthe bottom of the ninth inning, with a runner on third, Louis Gonzalez hit a bloop single off a future hall-of-fame close, Mariano Rivera to win Game 7 of the World Series. This made the "D-Backs" become the quickest team to win a world series, which was led by a dominant pitching staff including Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling. They started with their first postseason wins over the St. Louis Cardinal and the Atlanta Brave, which advanced them to the World Series. Over 300,000 fans celebrated this moment.
Falling in into the 2004 season the D-Backs and a season win-loss record 51-111. Despite having one of the top ten worst record in Major League Baseball history, Randy Johnson become the oldest player to pitch a perfect game, at the age 42! After their disappointing season, they posted a 26 game improvement with a 2005 season record of 77-85. In their 2006 season the had a Gold Glover (Orlando Hudson), and a Cy Young Award winner (Brandon Webb) but had a slightly worse record then the year before finishing fourth in the NL West division.
Falling in into the 2004 season the D-Backs and a season win-loss record 51-111. Despite having one of the top ten worst record in Major League Baseball history, Randy Johnson become the oldest player to pitch a perfect game, at the age 42! After their disappointing season, they posted a 26 game improvement with a 2005 season record of 77-85. In their 2006 season the had a Gold Glover (Orlando Hudson), and a Cy Young Award winner (Brandon Webb) but had a slightly worse record then the year before finishing fourth in the NL West division.
2007 Season
The biggest surprise was the 2007 season. The core of this season is when the got the pitching ace back, Randy Johnson. Which was a blockbuster trade with the New York Yankees. Though Johnson had a season ending injuries, the D-Backs had fewer runs scored (712) to runs scored (732) with his absence. With this, the won the first NL West title since 2002, and their first winning record since 2003, with a record of 90-72 (.555 winning percentage).
2008 Season and On...
Entering their 2008 season, defending their NL West title, they D-Backs got off to a brilliant start going 20-8 during March and April. They were way ahead off all teams sitting in 1st place. During this wonderful months, Brandon Webb had career high of winning 9 of his first decisions! Also a rookie pitcher at the time named, Max Scherzer had made his Major League debut in April. With excellent pitching in relief, he retired a record-breaking 13 batters, while striking out 13. During the month of May, when then rookie-sensation got put back down to the minors, the D-Backs runs and hitting production had declined. And because of this, the D-Backs their first losing month since September of 2006, going with a win-loss record of 11-17. The Diamondbacks were able to maintain first place all the way to the All-Star break, even though they where a game under .500 (47-48). After the All-Star break the D-Backs got their former player, Tony Clark, back from the San Diego Padres for a minor league pitcher. They also got a future All-Star, Dan Haren. Unfortunately, Orlando Hudson, their former gold glover, had to have surgery on his left wrist after colliding with Braves catcher, Brian McCann, which ended the season for Hudson. To make things worse, the D-Back's LF, Eric Byrnes, had a torn hamstring which put him on the 60-day disabled list, so he couldn't return for the rest of the season. The Diamondbacks fell to game short of first place, and one game short of the playoffs. They finished with a 82-80 record (.506 percentage).
After there "all-most" 2008 season, they had a very disappointing season of all in 2009. in their first 29 games (going 12-17), Bob Melvin was fired and the D-Backs hired A.J. Hinch as new manager. The switch didn't make any difference at all. The franchise finished in last place with 70 wins and 92 losses (.432 winning percentage). The reason of this horrible season is because of the team batting average (.224) and a horrible pitching staff with an ERA well over four (4.18).
The 2010 season, was just disappointing for the D-Backs' fans. They went 65-97 with a .401 inning percentage.
The "comeback season". The 2011 was a surprise. It was supposed to be a last place finish for the Diamondbacks. Before the All-Star break to D-backs were on a role with a 49-43 record. They are just a couple games back behind the Giants, for first place.
After there "all-most" 2008 season, they had a very disappointing season of all in 2009. in their first 29 games (going 12-17), Bob Melvin was fired and the D-Backs hired A.J. Hinch as new manager. The switch didn't make any difference at all. The franchise finished in last place with 70 wins and 92 losses (.432 winning percentage). The reason of this horrible season is because of the team batting average (.224) and a horrible pitching staff with an ERA well over four (4.18).
The 2010 season, was just disappointing for the D-Backs' fans. They went 65-97 with a .401 inning percentage.
The "comeback season". The 2011 was a surprise. It was supposed to be a last place finish for the Diamondbacks. Before the All-Star break to D-backs were on a role with a 49-43 record. They are just a couple games back behind the Giants, for first place.