Diary of a Diehard

Just a guy from Section 215 Row 1 Seat 5
Regular Season

Take That PECOTA!

The thing about baseball is that it brings out the oddest demographic of people to follow the game. There are of course the casual fans who watch baseball when necessary and only know about the game from what they can glean from an announcer or someone they met who...
A Look to the Future

A Look to the Future

Despite the Diamondbacks struggling this season, there are still a few bright spots. In normal years I would be looking forward to the first week of June when Major League...

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Assessing the Season

Assessing the Season

To say this season for the Arizona Diamondbacks has been abysmal would be the understatement of the year. Their play has been atrocious. Each game they seem to find new ways...

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“His-Tor-Ey!”

“His-Tor-Ey!”

I’ve been going to baseball games what seems like my entire life. From starting to play when I was four in neighborhood games then city tee-ball...

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A Fool’s game

A Fool’s game

The first of April. It has so many connotations but perhaps the most frustrating of all is that today is April Fool’s Day. The history of this...

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Getting Feedback

Getting Feedback

Writing a blog can sometimes be a lonely endeavor. You think you have interesting content. You research topics or get ideas for what you should...

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Opening Day

Opening Day

I’ve long proposed that today be a national holiday. If today can be National Something on a Stick Day, National Black Forest Cake Day, Eat an...

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Opening Day Healing

Opening Day Healing

To most baseball fans whether they be casual fans or die hard, Opening Day is a national holiday or at least it should be. Those not familiar with...

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The Retirement of 51

The Retirement of 51

As the 1998 inaugural season for the Arizona Diamondbacks ended, the freshness of having Major League Baseball in Phoenix was still fresh on...

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