Team News
Ketel Marte Drives Home Sole Runs in Diamondbacks Defeat
Recalling the play in which three runners scored on Marte’s sacrifice fly, Lovullo seemed proud. “Yeah, those are the little things that we talk about. You know, we want to take care of those things. That’s the space we live in. So it’s Blaze coming. It’s Larkin wheeling. It is Barrosa engaging at first base and watching the throw, and he’s coming. So that’s what we do here. That’s D-back baseball.So to say that I’m surprised, no.”
Arizona Diamondbacks game report: Ketel Marte flyout clears the bases — with some help
YOU EVER SEEN A BASES-CLEARING SAC FLY?! pic.twitter.com/z7s4wjuytB
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) February 22, 2025
Arizona Diamondbacks 3rd base coach flexes aggressive side against Colorado Rockies
“I want to be smart, aware and aggressive,” Larkin said. “I want to be an aggressive third base coach but also think in the algorithm of game situation, hitter, defense, arm — (take) all that into consideration.”
Jordan Montgomery Still on Track for Opening Week of Season
2025 might be Pavin’s time to shine
“I think that’s a great thing, it gives me peace of mind a little bit,” Smith said. “But at the same time, I’m going to have the same sense of urgency either way to make the most of an opportunity … you know, just like, try to make the most of an opportunity. I just want to build off last year and how I finished the year and just not try to change a whole bunch of things. Kind of come in, take it day by day, have fun with the guys and let the opportunities come.”
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/pavin-smith-has-chance-to-break-out-in-2025
Jerry Colangelo advocates for Diamondbacks’ plan to stay downtown, addresses loss of Coyotes
“It’s very, very important (to keep the Diamondbacks downtown),” Colangelo said when he joined Arizona Sports’ Bickley & Marotta on Friday. “Way back when, we could’ve gone to some other locations, but I insisted it was going to be downtown. I believe that’s where the team should play. Why? Because all roads lead to downtown.
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“I didn’t like the fact that we lost anything in terms of our community, and it’s unfortunate, the way the whole hockey thing … developed,” Colangelo said.
https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/colangelo/3574703/
Other Baseball
11 memorable moments from the first full day of games
https://www.mlb.com/news/top-moments-first-day-of-spring-training-games-2025
Soto wastes no time living up to hype, homers in first Mets at-bat
https://www.mlb.com/news/juan-soto-home-run-first-mets-at-bat
A 55-game losing skid that started in May 2023 is finally over!
https://www.mlb.com/news/maryland-eastern-shore-ends-55-game-losing-streak
Padres Catcher Martin Maldonado Had the Best Ball-Strike Challenge Yet
https://www.si.com/mlb/padres-martin-maldonado-best-ball-strike-challenge-yet
‘No Traction” Between Cardinals, Astros In Nolan Arenado Talks
Pirates Sign Andrew Heaney
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/02/pirates-to-sign-andrew-heaney.html
Former Ranger, had 2 appearances against us in the 2023 World Series. He got two outs in game 2 and then started game 4. All told, 5.2 IP striking out 3 on 5 hits and allowed a run.
Anything Goes
This day in history:
Flag raised on Iwo Jima in 1945, and kids get the first polio vaccines in 1954.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/day/february-23
Yesterday was the 45th anniversary of “The Miracle on Ice” A lot of people assume that was the Gold Medal game, it was not, it was the round before that but the Soviets were fielding a team of allstars against other countries’ college players. The US beat Finland for the Gold and the Soviets beat Sweden for the Silver. The format in 1980 was different than today.
This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/February_23
The sun contains over 99% of the mass in our galaxy.
Over a million Earths could fit inside the sun.
The bones of the human body can multiply in density.
This occurs in very extreme cases. People who have discovered to have this rare gene mutation have cases of walking away from car accidents and other impact injuries without fractures.
Children’s book author, Roald Dahl was a spy.
To be more precise, he was an agent for the British Security Coordination. He was tasked to gather intel during the second world war.
