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Vince Marotta

Skelton 1, Kolb 0

I got a text from the producer of the Burns and Gambo show last night at halftime of the preseason opener. It simply read: Skelton 1, Kolb 0 Yep. That’s about right. All of our fears about Kevin Kolb were realized in the first 15 minutes of the preseason. The biggest of which has nothing […]
12 years ago
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Adam Green

Arizona Cardinals QB competition overshadowed by what really matters

As a proud graduate of Northern Arizona University I can assure you that these words have not once, in the history of the world, ever been spoken: “What happens at Lumberjack Stadium stays in Lumberjack Stadium.” It wasn’t a misplaced Vegas reference. Instead, Clark Haggans said it Wednesday night, trying to describe the intensity of […]
12 years ago
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Vince Marotta

Keeping Upton out of fear

If I were in favor of trading Justin Upton I would probably stoop to the level of a high school sophomore who tries to spice up their term paper with a cheesy inspirational quote. Something like… “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” -Robert F. Kennedy or “Only those who risk […]
12 years ago
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Vince Marotta

Time traveling with Marshall and Bauer

In “Back to the Future” – perhaps one of the most creative movies ever made – Marty McFly goes back in time and is stunned to see the way things used to be. In “Back to the Future 2” – perhaps one of the worst sequels I have ever sat through – Marty McFly goes […]
12 years ago
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Vince Marotta

Jump off James Harden’s bandwagon at your own risk

His game has abandoned him and in the onslaught of missed shots and bad decisions he didn’t want to add to the ledger. So he passed on a wide open shot. Others saw it as well, including J.A. Adande of ESPN. These Finals have not gone down easy for the former ASU star. In four […]
12 years ago
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Vince Marotta

For the D-backs, history will teach us nothing

It wasn’t a big hit for the former front man of The Police; in fact, it wasn’t a hit at all. Yet all this talk about what happened to the Diamondbacks one year ago Monday has embedded a very old song by Sting in my head. History Will Teach Us Nothing. Surely by now you […]
12 years ago
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Vince Marotta

Cardinals have options, here’s three I like

For as much as I love the movies, I’m surprised that I’ve never used this space to tell you what my favorite movies of all-time are. Movies, plural. If you were the demanding sort and mandated I choose just one, I would. But realize if you ask me in a week you might get a […]
12 years ago
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Vince Marotta

D-backs 4-0 without great starting pitching

A 4-0 start works well no matter how you dissect it, but it’s especially satisfying when you consider through four games, the Arizona Diamondbacks really haven’t enjoyed the spoils of their starting pitching. Ian Kennedy and Daniel Hudson were both effective but hardly dominating in their first starts. Josh Collmenter has some work to do, […]
12 years ago
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Adam Green

Nine D-backs questions that need answers

These days you’ll have a hard time finding anyone who has bad things to say about the Arizona Diamondbacks. From winning the NL West, to getting to the World Series, to Justin Upton winning the MVP, the Diamondbacks are that movie that all the critics are raving about. And that’s what scares me. Half the […]
12 years ago
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Vince Marotta

The one thing I know for sure about Manning

Go ahead; ask me what I know about the latest on Peyton Manning. Go on…ask me. I know that one person told me Manning’s six-hour visit with the Cardinals went well. I know my co-host, John Gambadoro (@gambo620) tweeted earlier on Sunday that he was hearing Manning should be a Cardinals unless Bidwill screws it […]
12 years ago
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Vince Marotta

What are the Cardinals prepared to do about Manning?

It’s one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite movies: the “What are you prepared to do?” speech that Sean Connery delivers to Kevin Costner in The Untouchables Malone: What are you prepared to do? Ness: Everything within the law. Malone: And then what are you prepared to do? As I try to […]
12 years ago
Vince Marotta

Dave’s Diamond Blog: Is a message being sent to CY?

This may surprise you but sometimes, we in the media, make a really big deal out of a really small detail. For example, Nick Piecoro’s note about Gerardo Parra getting time in centerfield. It’s likely nothing more than Kirk Gibson’s attempt to get Parra as many at bats as possible, in particular against righties that […]
12 years ago
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Vince Marotta

2011: The Year of the Hot

Obsess over the legacy of Tom Brady all you want. Debate the place in history Eli Manning has now staked out. You can pour over Madonna’s set list if that’s what you’d prefer. To me, that’s not what I’ll remember from Super Bowl 46. The 2011 New York Giants accomplished a feat that the 2008 […]
12 years ago
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Vince Marotta

D-backs: It’s better to be lucky and good

Once upon a time, a time not that long ago, the Arizona Diamondbacks couldn’t catch a break. Bad luck, bad decisions, bad baseball. Just about every guy they kept with an extended contract was a waste of money. Just about every guy they traded blossomed. Brandon Webb happened. A.J. Hinch happened. Manny Ramirez in Dodger […]
12 years ago
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Vince Marotta

Is Manning in Cardinal red so far-fetched?

Everybody has at least one. Mine is George Michael’s “Freedom.” One song on your iPod that you’re embarrassed to own. One song that, when it blares out of your car stereo, up go the windows. When George belts out “I won’t let you down…I will not give you up” there is an internal acknowledgement; I […]
12 years ago
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Adam Green

In Coach Whiz we trust — again

Ken Whisenhunt recently told the Arizona Republic that the remarkable recovery by the Arizona Cardinals “builds equity….when you go through the pain of losing those games with all these young guys, and they understand now what they have to do in order to get out of it, that makes you stronger as a team.” It’s […]
12 years ago
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Four Down Territory: Cardinals in the hunt

Now when TV graphic lists the Arizona Cardinals as one of the teams “In the Hunt” for a playoff spot I won’t laugh it off. They are. Legitimately, miraculously, inexplicably, the Cardinals are in the hunt for an NFC playoff spot. You are now allowed to think about it. It’s probably only slightly less of […]
12 years ago
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Adam Green

Four Down Territory: Cards are a restaurant

Think of the Arizona Cardinals as a restaurant. For a couple of years now there has been very little about the place that you’d recommend to a friend. Lousy food, watered down drinks, inattentive service, bad location and on and on. The complaints to the management were numerous and vociferous. I’ll be honest…after that dish […]
13 years ago
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Adam Green

Four Down Territory: Too good to be true

The attractive woman that you think is looking at you from across the room……a bank statement that lists too much money in your account…..your slacker kid with straight A’s on a report card….the Arizona Cardinals with a 24-3 lead against the Ravens on the road…… Things that are too good to be true. It’s banter […]
13 years ago
Adam Green

Four Down Territory: Unhappy times vs. Steelers

The stands at University of Phoenix stadium looked like a large scale version of those hideous uniforms Maryland wore in that Labor Day game against Miami. A pukey combination of red, white, yellow and black. Follow @theAdamGreen
13 years ago
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Adam Green

Four Down Territory: Tivo a blessing, a curse for watching Cardinals

Tivo: It’s a blessing and a curse. A blessing because I was able to go to my son’s baseball tournament on Sunday and still watch the Cardinals game. A curse because…I was subsequently forced to watch the Cardinals game. In the old days of the VCR I could’ve blamed a bad tape or the blinking […]
13 years ago
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Adam Green

Predicting the Diamondbacks? Good luck

It’s a joke, right? Either that or the email was sent to the wrong guy because there is no way you’d seriously ask me to do this. It’s absurd. My homework assignment tonight from our webmaster/taskmaster is as follows: “With the Diamondbacks in the playoffs we figured it’d be fun (and a good idea) to […]
13 years ago
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Adam Green

Four Down Territory: Cardinals at Seahawks

Offense: Here’s what the Cardinals offense looked like after their 2nd quarter TD: Punt, interception, punt, punt, punt, punt, missed field goal, interception, end of game. The Cardinals converted three third-downs the entire game. If the offensive output was somewhere just slightly north of awful the Cards win this game. Kevin Kolb: In the first […]
13 years ago
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Adam Green

Four Down Territory: Cardinals at Redskins

On the one hand, if you look at the numbers, the Cardinals were lucky they didn’t get whacked the way they usually do when they jump a couple of time zones. On the other hand, if you were watching the game you know it was a game the Cardinals could have won……should have won. A […]
13 years ago