Countdown to Opening Day 2015

[Dback Jon]

Time for the Annual Countdown!

Season Opener - April 6th versus the Giants.

 

[Dback Jon]

Today, December 29th:

98 Days - 98 Losses in 2014. Out with the old!

 

[BC867]

Here is a reminder of the foundation (minor League) championship Manager Chip Hale laid less than two months ago. The D-backs are in the hands of a professional manager.

Spring training is still more than three months away, but new Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale wishes it were already here.

Hale met this week with members of the coaching staff and Chief Baseball Officer Tony La Russa to begin planning.

"What we want as a group is to teach them winning baseball," Hale said Friday morning before playing a round of golf in the organization's annual charity tournament.

"Just to get that message out to them. Some of it might be remedial to them, to some guys it might be stuff they've never heard, but we want to teach every part of the game and be real thorough with that."

It could make for longer workouts, but he doesn't expect the players will mind.

"I think players, as long as they're not standing around and looking up at the sky, they're fine with staying out there as long as it takes," he said. "As long as we have a lot of action going on, I think they'll be OK. That's up to me and our staff to teach the right way and also to plan the day where there's a lot of movement and guys are getting their work done."

 

[Dback Jon]

97 Days


This will be the Dbacks 18th Season

 

[Dback Jon]

96 Days

Home opener record
10-7

Home - 5-5
Road - 4-2
Neutral Site 0-1

 

[Dback Jon]

For the 1st: 95 Days!

Randy Johnson has started more opening days (6) than any other Dback

 

[Dback Jon]

For the 2nd: 94 Days

The Dbacks have opened in 5 Stadiums:

BOB/Chase (10)
Coors (3)
Dodger (2)
Great American (1)
Sydney Cricket Grounds (1)

 

[Dback Jon]

For Jan 3rd:

93 Days

Opening Day Pitchers:

Randy Johnson (6 starts)
Brandon Webb (4)
Ian Kennedy (3)
Benes/Vasquez/Haren/Miley (1)

 

[Dback Jon]

Sunday Jan 4th:
92 Days


Regular season games won in 2001: 92

 

[Dback Jon]

Monday - 91 Days

Randy Johnson ranks second in MLB history in Strikeouts (4875, far behind Nolan Ryan)

 

[Dback Jon]

Tuesday
90 Days

Randy Johnson is first person elected to HOF that spent a good portion of his career in Arizona

 

[AZ Native]

a great portion...