White Sox, DBacks Swap Prospects

The Chicago White Sox have acquired once highly touted outfield prospect Carlos Quentin from the Arizona Diamondbacks for Chris Carter (not to be confused with the Chris Carter the DBacks dealt to the Red Sox in the Wily Mo Pena 3-way deal or the Hall of Fame wide receiver).

Quentin's stock has dropped the last couple of years and he's coming off of shoulder surgery. He played in 81 games for the DBacks this past season, hitting .214-5-31. Carter hit .291 playing 'A' ball in the Chisox organization.

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Deserted in the Desert

Can someone tell me why these asshats still have a team. Okay, we are still bitter about losing the 2001 World Series to them. That being said, MLB bailed them out financially in that dreadful '01 season. Now they're back in the NLCS. And there's 8,000 available seats for each of the 1st 2 games!

Contract this, Bud.

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Where in the World is Steve Bartman?

99 years and counting. The Chicago Cubs made it a quick 3 and out as the Arizona Diamondbacks won tonight, 5-1, to complete an NLDS sweep. The Dbacks starting pitching dominated the series, as the victors outscored the Cubbies 16-6.

Oh, and Lou Piniella, you bring back Carlos Zambrano for game 4 now...oh wait, there is no game 4.

And does this look familiar? Alfonso Soriano, 2-14.

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Diamondbacks Hire Mel Stottelmyre

The Arizona Diamondbacks have hired former Yankee player and coach Mel Stottlemyre as a spring training instructor, and will also work the team's pitchers during the season. Mel's son Mel Jr., who pitched for the Royals and Astros, is the team's minor league pitching coordinator. Mel's son Todd was a member of the Diamondbacks for 3 seasons.

Good luck to a guy who was one of the few bright spots during the declinasty days of the late '60s/early 70's, and an integral part of the Yankees 4 World Series wins during the '96-'00 stretch.

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