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The Arizona Diamondbacks qualified for the postseason as the sixth seed wild card entrant with an 84–78 record. In the Wild Card Series, they swept the third-seeded and National League Central division winner Milwaukee Brewers, and then swept and upset the second-seeded and National League West division winner 100-win Los Angeles Dodgers in the Division Series to reach the National League ...
The Diamondbacks enter this weekend having completed a three-game sweep of the Rockies on Wednesday for their ninth consecutive series victory, the latest standout showing in a nearly three-month ...
The Arizona Diamondbacks are an American professional baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Diamondbacks compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. The franchise was established on March 9, 1995, and began play in 1998 as an expansion team. The team plays its home games at Chase Field.
A year earlier in 1958, their first in Los Angeles, the Dodgers posted a 71–83 (.461) win–loss record for seventh place in the eight-team NL, and never held a lead. [6] [7] By contrast, the Braves repeated as NL champions that year with a 92–62 (.597) record and returned to the World Series, where the New York Yankees turned the tables and defeated them in seven games. [8]
The Braves, needing a win in the later game to get into the playoffs, did just that thanks to some clutch hitting and solidified their spot in the National League postseason picture.
After 22 years, the Arizona Diamondbacks are finally back in the World Series.. The exploits of the 2001 championship club are well-known. If you've attended a game at Chase Field or watched one ...
The Arizona Diamondbacks are going to the World Series for the first time since 2001. Here's what you should about the previous championship team.
The rivalry was often dormant for the Diamondbacks' earlier years in the league following their inception in 1998 (the two teams did have a close divisional race in 2008, before the D'Backs fell apart in September), however things quickly began to heat up between both sides during the 2010s as the Dodgers saw a change in management in 2011 after controversial owner Frank McCourt had sold the ...