1999 In 1998 the Diamondbacks went 65-97, however in 1999 they would go 100-62
The first manager of the Diamondbacks was Buck Showalter. He was hired by owner Jerry Colangelo two years (1996) before the Diamondbacks played their first game. Showalter was fired after the 2000 season and replaced by Bob Brenly. His three year record with the Diamondbacks was 250-236.
How about the Florida Marlins and the Arizona Diamondbacks? Neither team existed in the early 1990s, and they both won world championships within five years of their inaugural seasons. The Marlins, who joined the National League as an expansion team in 1993, won the 1997 and 2003 World Series. The Diamondbacks' first season was in 1998. They were world champions in 2001.
Chris Young has played for the Arizona Diamondbacks during his past three years in the MLB.
As of the 2014 season, the average age of an Arizona Diamondbacks player is 27.6 years old.
They joined at the end of the season in 1997 but didn't play until 1998.
Children over the age of 2 or taller than the turnstile needs a ticket for a Diamondbacks game. A child who enters the stadium without a ticket must share a seat with an adult
Cindy Brunson left ESPN after 13 years of hosting shows like SportsCenter and First Take to follow her husband Steve Berthiaume to Arizona. He works for the Diamondbacks as thier TV play by play man alongside Bob Brenly. She can be seen covering the Diamondbacks on Fox Sports Arizona, hosting Diamondbacks pre and post game shows as well as covering the team as a sideline reporter. In addition, Brunson is a WNBA analyst for the Phoenix Mercury. During the college basketball season she serves as an analyst for women's college basketball and as a sideline reporter during men's basketball games for the Pac-12 Network.
Four years after first fielding a team, in 2011 the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the New York Yankees, four games to three, in the World Series. They did so by scoring two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7.
Shawn Green is now retired, and has been for a few years. However he used to play for the Toronto Blue Jays, the LA Dodgers, and Arizona Diamondbacks - I think...
The 2007-08 season is Kobe's 12th season in the NBA ... his first season was 1996-97.
Dino Ebel is the third base coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Dino was appointed by manager Mike Scioscia in 2005 and is in his 4th season as the third base coach.
Diamondbacks vs. YankeesThe Arizona Diamondbacks beat the New York Yankees in the 2001 World Series, 4 games to three. The first pitch of game one played in Arizona was thrown out by Barry Bonds. The 2001 World Series was played in the wake of the 9/11 terrorists attacks. The first pitch was given to the honors of President George Bush for game three played at Yankees Stadium. The Arizona Diamondbacks became the youngest expansion team in Major League history to win the world series.