Diamondback season ends the way it began

The 2009 Evergreen Park Diamondback season ended Sunday night the same way it began four months ago: back-to-back losses. With the Diamondbacks taking the first game of a three game series against the Lansing Nuts, one win was needed to advance the team into the divisional finals, but as fate would have it, the Diamondbacks [...]

Argentina not crying for Senese

Were Eva Peron alive today, she’d pull up a chair and look Evergreen Park Diamondbacks outfielder Sergio Senese straight in the eyes to let him know that nobody, including Argentina, is crying for him. On the heels of a tough 3-2 loss to the Orbitz, Senese went on his typical tyraid about [insert something – [...]

Diamondbacks: Return to Sender

The Diamondbacks found themselves up 5-1 heading into the bottom of the 7th inning despite having only two hits on the day. With what looked to be a safe lead, starting pitcher Ed Sochacki (0-0, 0.70 ERA) removed himself from the game, allowing his brother Thad Sochacki (0-1) to record the final three outs of [...]

D-Backs sport AARP line-up; drop second game

Fresh off a Game One loss, the Evergreen Park Diamondbacks fielded their oldest line-up in the team’s history in Game Two against the Worth Astros. “We were short players this week,” said manager Joe Cipolla. “Many of our players are still at school, completing their final exams, but they should start returning as soon as [...]

Evergreen Park Diamondbacks Pitching Preview

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D-Backs Name Sochacki Sr. Bench Coach

The start of the baseball season may still be months away but the Evergreen Park Diamondbacks announced Friday that Ed Sochacki Sr. will be joining the team in an official advisory role as Bench Coach. The elder Sochacki (pictured here with sons Thad (left) and Ed (right)) will assist the team with everything from personnel [...]

Diamondbacks to Cream Lowly Cubs

This Sunday, the Evergreen Park Diamondbacks take on the Cicero Cubs in a twin-billing at Maltese Field in Cicero starting at 11am. Once again the Diamondbacks have started the season with consecutive wins on Opening Day and take their perfect 2-0 record into this weekend’s series. The D-Backs are expected to start right-handed pitcher Thad [...]

Diamondbacks Announce Fan Appreciation Day

The Evergreen Park Diamondbacks revealed details of their much-anticipated fan appreciation day.

Diamondback Rotation Poised to Strike

After hours of internal debate with Diamondback pitchers, manager Joe Cipolla released the revised pitching rotation for the upcoming week at Wednesday evening’s media conference. As the Diamondbacks approach the weekend schedule and begin a grueling nine-game schedule in eight days. “We need to continue to get the quality starts from our starting rotation,” said [...]

Diamondback Weekend a Tale of Two Pitchers

Charles Dickens could not have written it any better than he did in the Tale of Two Cities. Only in this scenario, it was Evergreen Park pitchers Ed and Thad Sochacki he could have been referencing.

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