Good God

Jesus H...Are you kidding me with this crap? The Dbacks have lost 5 IN A ROW. 8 of the last 10. They've got one win this month! What the hell is going on with this team right now? The last few years it's been a slumping June. Apparently this year it's July.

I'm sitting in Atlanta's airport right now, having been in Chicago all weekend for a wedding. As such, i didn't see the Dbacks play at all this weekend. I didn't need to apparently. Doesn't look like i missed much. One run games have been their specialty this year, but we lost two such games against the Reds, with a blow-out thrown in for good measure. They've also now lost their last four series. That is called not getting it done.

I also heard that they FINALLY sent Carlos Quentin down to Tucson. I like the guy, but man he needed some work this season. His batting has been terrible. Hopefully he can get it together and make his way back up by the end of the season, when the Dbacks will need him.

For now, however, the Dbacks can be thankful it is All-Star Break time (kudos to Webb for getting on to the team). Time for them to rest up, and hopefully get their act together. Time for them to right their ship, because their is still plenty of time left in the season, and they're still in great shape.

Dbacks

Where has this month gone? I can't believe it is the last day of June, this month flew by. It was a pretty good month though, in a lot of ways, but i'm focusing on the Dbacks for now. Three months into the season, with three left to go, and the Dbacks are in 2nd in the division, only .5 games back. For the month they were 14-12, with tonight's game yet to go. Not a great month, but not a bad month either considering who we played. The Red Sox might be the best team in baseball; the Yankees, though struggling, are always tough in Yankee Stadium. The Mets are rolling, and then we've played some tough games within our own division.

As for last nights game, that was awesome. We are once again camping so i couldn't watch the game, but listened to it on the radio. I liked the way we jumped to an early lead, then once we lost the lead we fought back to tie it. Livo pitched great last night, going 7+ innings for us, which the bullpen needed. And thanks to a little luck (How do you drop a fly ball Dave Roberts?), followed by another Barry Bonds home run, the Dbacks found themselves in the 10th inning, needing a lift. Enter Miguel Montero, stage right.

With a .226 Batting Average, 20 RBI's, and 5 home runs this year, Montero is not your typical clutch hitter. Bring him to the plate in the 7th inning or later though, and watch out. His BA jumps to .341, he has 11 of his RBI's, and four of his five home runs (three as a pinch-hitter!)when the game is on the line. That, my friends, is clutch.

And so Montero lifted a pitch into the seats, sending the Dbacks onto their 46th win of the year, most in the NL, in dramatic fashion. All that was left was for Jose Valverde to retire the side in the bottom of the 10th, which he did in order, including a ground-out by Barry Bonds to end the game. Game, Set, Match.

The Dback's are back at it again tonight, and have about ten days until a much-deserved break for the All-Star game (which better have some AZ players in it, if not it's ridiculous. We'll find out today). Then the Dbacks will gear up for the homestretch, in the hopes of bringing back the NL West crown to the desert.

Half-way through the season, and .5 game back, not a bad place to be...