For the past 137 days, 20 hours, and 32 minutes I have been waiting for exactly this moment. The 2009 offseason is now officially over. We can stop thinking about a lost season where the Diamondbacks lost 97 games.
We can forget about all the shattered expectations. We can put behind us the injuries to Conor Jackson and Brandon Webb. We can erase the memories of Chris YoungÆs dismal season, and blot out the thoughts of Bob Melvin being fired.
All of that can now become a distant memory. Today everything starts anew and hope springs eternal throughout all of baseball but especially at Tucson Electric Park.
While much of the country is huddled around fireplaces and space heaters wondering when the snow will start to recede, in Arizona we can break out the sun block and short s ...
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Baseball’s Spring Training Is Finally Here For the Arizona Diamondbacks
Posted: 19th February 2010 by Jeff Summers in MLBComments Off on Baseball’s Spring Training Is Finally Here For the Arizona Diamondbacks