Diary of a Diehard

Just a guy from Section 215 Row 1 Seat 5
2009 Spring Training

The Longest Day of the Year

According to the calendar, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere occurs on the summer solstice. This is day that the earth's "circle of illumination" receives the longest amount of daylight. On this date the North Pole will receive 24 hours of...
The Final Spring Game

The Final Spring Game

It seemed as though the days dragged on this off-season and that baseball was dark forever. Every day I would look at the calendar and although it said that we were one day...

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The Final Spring Game

The Perfect Date Night

Almost as soon as the final pitch was thrown against the Colorado Rockies on September 28 I began working on the redesign and upgrade of my NowHitting web site. Given the...

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The Final Spring Game

D-Backs Rewards

Prior to the 1999 season the Arizona Diamondbacks unveiled a program they called the "Frequent Fang Program". This was basically a fan loyalty...

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The Final Spring Game

The Rule 5 Experiment

On December 11, 2008 the Arizona Diamondbacks selected catcher James Skelton from the Detroit Tigers as part of the Rule 5 Draft. Many Diamondbacks...

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The Final Spring Game

Week from Anticipation

One of my favorite scenes from the movie Back to the Future is when Doc Brown is standing at the clock tower waiting for Marty McFly to return from...

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The Final Spring Game

What Happened?

The number of entries on Diary of a Diehard was quite consistent for nearly two years then suddenly at the end of the 2008 season they ground to a...

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