Diamondbacks of Arizona

The Diamondbacks of Arizona ( Arizona Diamondbacks in English) are a frankness from baseball of the major Ligue of baseball located at Phoenix. They evolve/move in the Western division of the National league.

Prize list

Champion of world Series (World Series) : 2001.
Champion of the national league : 2001.
Titles of division : 1999, 2001, 2002.

History

The frankness is founded in 1998 during an expansion of the National league. In only five seasons of existence, Diamondbacks of Arizona gained three titles of division (1999, 2001 and 2002) as well as a title of the world Series. In 1999, at the time of the second season of the team, Arizona gained more than 100 matches to charm the title of the Western division of the National league. They however lost against the Mets of New York in first round of the eliminatory series.

In 2001, Diamondbacks gained in series against the Cardinals of St-Louis (3-2 in championship of division) and the Braves of Atlanta (4-1 in championship of American League). Extremely of a rotation of leaving launchers made up of Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling (the two most useful players of the world Series), they have demolishes the Yankees of New York in a world Series of more exciting.

At the time of the last season, that of 2004, Diamondbacks however knew a pitiful campaign. Slipping with the last row of their division, with a card of 51 victoires/111 defeats, D-Backs congédié their manager Bob Brenly, to replace it by Al Predique (this last however that was not engaged on a temporary basis). During the died season, D-Backs engaged Wally Backman, but this last was congédié ten days after its engagement, following a history of legal problems. Bob Melvin was then engaged by the team, and he is always the manager of the team to date.

Diamondbacks then wanted to regain a little credibility near their partisans, while spending on the market of the autonomous players. They initialed a contract of more than 80 million U.S. with the player of third goal Troy Glaus, and brought to Phoenix the launcher therefore Russ Ortiz. Then, in the largest exchange of the dead season 2004-2005, they sacrificed the launcher Randy Johnson to acquire Javier Vázquez, Brad Halsey and Shawn Green in a transaction implying three teams (Diamondbacks, the Yankees of New York as well as the Dodgers of Los Angeles).

Season per season

Current manpower

External bonds

Diamondbacks Official site of Arizona

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