After being swept by the Dodgers and Giants on a largely disappointing road trip to California, the Arizona Diamondbacks don’t have the same swagger as they’ve had for most of the season. With their heads lowered and their eyes on the floor of the dugout, they just don’t look like the same team.
Whats going on here? How can a team that was best in the majors after the first month of the season be where they are now: 3 games under .500 and on the brink of losing their playoff spot to the rival Dodgers?
I don’t like what I see, and I’m sure most of you don’t either. This is not the same team that it was just 2 weeks ago, when they had a 4 and 1/2 game lead in the NL West. They aren’t hitting. They aren’t pitching. The team’s two aces in Webb and Haren are not on top of their game.
Will they turn it around in time to go on a late September hot streak?
Or are the 18 games they have left simply not enough?
Only time will tell…
September 11, 2008 at 3:26 pm
I am depressed about the D-Backs. Didnt they start out at like 25-8 or some sweet number like that? I’d hate to say it,, but I don’t think they will make the playoffs unless the pitching steps up!