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Short Takes: Will the Sydney games spoil Opening Day for the Diamondbacks?

Mar 31, 2014, 12:00 PM | Updated: Jul 26, 2024, 11:09 am

The Arizona Diamondbacks opened Major League Baseball’s season in Australia against the Los Angeles Dodgers in late March. They were considered the “home” team and lost both games.

Brian Harris emailed
shorttakes@ktar.com
and wanted to know whether Doug Franz, from Doug & Wolf on Arizona Sports on 98.7 FM, thought the D-backs’ trip would take away from the traditional excitement of Opening Day at Chase Field.

Here is Doug’s take:

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Short Takes: Will the Sydney games spoil Opening Day for the Diamondbacks?