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The Arizona Diamondbacks play in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Diamondbacks reside in the NL West Division and compete against division rivals the San Francisco Giants, Colorado Rockies, San Diego Padres, and Los Angeles Dodgers. The D-backs play their home schedule at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, which has a seating capacity of 49,033. The Diamondbacks Stadium opened in 1998, and is only the 2^nd stadium in MLB history to have a retractable roof. The Arizona Manager is Bob Melvin, who completed his 3rd season in 2007, finished the 2007 MLB Schedule with a 90-72 record and a 1st place finish in the National League West. The great season was even more special because of the collective youth of the roster. The Diamondbacks star players are young, with the exception of Randy Johnson, who despite his age is still a very effective pitcher. Arizona is led by Eric Byrnes, Conor Jackson, Brandon Webb, and the aforementioned Johnson. After the 2007 season, Owner Ken Kendrick and GM Josh Byrnes helped the rich get richer, as the D-backs would bolster an already great rotation in the off-season.

The Diamondbacks franchise was established in 1998, and ended up in the NL West despite some talk of the team competing in the American League. The Diamondbacks had success earlier than any other franchise, winning a division championship in just its second season. Overall, the Diamondbacks have been division champs 4 times in 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2007. The team also won the 2001 World Series Championship defeating the Yankees in 7 games, widely considered to be one of the best World Series in MLB history. Due to their relative youth, the Diamondbacks don't have any retired numbers…yet. The certainly will in due time. Owner Ken Kendrick bought the team majority ownership of the team in 2004. Kendrick's insistence on fiscal discipline initially set the team back, forcing it to trade some of its higher salaried players for highly touted prospects. But those moves laid the groundwork for what the Diamondbacks are enjoying today, despite only having the 23^rd highest payroll in baseball.

The Diamondbacks pulled off arguably the biggest trade of baseball's off-season, acquiring superstar P Dan Haren in exchange for 6 prospects. The Diamondbacks also traded away closer Jose Valverde in exchange for 2 pitchers and utility-man Chris Burke. The question entering the season was whether or not the offense would provide enough support for the pitchers. The Diamondbacks have thus far led the Majors in both runs score and hitting. This comes one year after the club won the West despite allowing more runs than they scored cumulatively for the 2007 season.

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