Cinderella Snakes: Diamondbacks go from worst to first in NL West

[Dback Jon]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/bi...=AntoiapjZqOYHSxeRG3K8CwRvLYF?urn=mlb-wp20698


Pool video at link

One year removed from a disappointing 65-97 campaign where the finish dead last in the National League West — 27 games behind the San Francisco Giants — the Arizona Diamondbacks completed their surprising surge to the top of the division, unseating those Giants with a 3-1 victory on Friday night.
The division championship is the fifth for Arizona in their 14-year history, and their first since 2007.
To be honest, I thought the 2007 season was the beginning of a West Coast dynasty for Arizona, with its young nucleus of Justin Upton(notes), Chris Young, Brandon Webb(notes), among others, in place. Unfortunately, injuries and other unforeseen drops in production knocked them off track for awhile.

 

[AZ Native]

Very cool!

 

[wilycoyote24]

Anyone read the comments after the story? Normally, all you would hear is that the D'backs got lucky or that the poster is rooting for the D'backs to get swept. What's there is the most civil and congratulatory group of posts on a neutral or non-Arizona board that I have ever seen.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Worst to first - awesome. Eliminating the Giants from postseason contention the next night - priceless.