Augie Ojeda News

Chris Burke had a hot spring in 2008, but it didn't translate into the regular season.

Asked to name the most under-appreciated player in the major leagues years ago, then-Diamondbacks manager Bob Brenly pointed to the opposing dugout.

If the Diamondbacks want Mark Reynolds to move to second base next season, they will not have to do much convincing.

Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, right, throws to first to complete the double play after forcing out the Diamondbacks' Augie Ojeda during the second inning Saturday at Coors Field.

Oft-injured Yankees pitcher Carl Pavano was booed off the mound when he left Sunday's game against Tampa Bay in the sixth inning after a visit by the trainer and manager Joe Girardi.

Diamondbacks shortstop Stephen Drew was welcomed back to Chase Field Tuesday night with the home crowd roaring and on its feet.

Max Scherzer is doing his best to quell the notion that he isn't a starting pitcher.

The way things have been going for the Arizona Diamondbacks, of course Micah Owings would come back to haunt them.

Earlier this year, when things weren't quite so bad, Brandon Lyon chewed gum and threw hard in the bullpen, waiting for the final out of the eighth inning, waiting for his chance to save the day.

Midway through the season, the Diamondbacks lost a key slugger to injury. Then Gold Glove second baseman Orlando Hudson was forced to sit out the stretch run.

The Diamondbacks acquired David Eckstein for the stretch run, not with an eye toward the future.

Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on the FSN Baseball Report and MLB on FOX.

OK, let's get the obvious out of the way first. This Diamondbacks-Dodgers series is compelling only because both teams absolutely refuse to win the National League West.

David Eckstein quickly called his wife, then finished a fast interview and bounced around the clubhouse exchanging hugs with ex-teammates. The scrappy infielder always hustles, but this was a little different.

You know how employees tend to work best when the boss is watching? Not the Dodgers.

Augie Ojeda was sorting through his locker the other day at Chase Field, digging through a cupboard and later, an equipment bag, in search of a missing item.

Neither San Diego Padres' Kevin Kouzmanoff, bottom, or Luis Rodriguez, top, of Venezuela, were able to field this single hit by Arizona Diamondbacks Chris Snyder in the eighth inning of a baseball game ...

Brandon Webb pitched seven shutout innings for his career-high and major league-leading 19th victory Thursday night in Arizona's 4-1 win over San Diego.

You want to know about the Adam Dunn effect? OK, here goes: Bottom of the first inning Wednesday at Chase Field.

Stephen Drew was out of the lineup Tuesday with a groin strain, something that had been bothering him on the recent road trip.