Team News
D-backs’ Ballpark Pass returns ahead of holiday season
“We always want to make sure there are options,” Hall said. “There are fans that want to just come on weekends, there are fans that just want to go to a certain number of games. What we end up seeing in these cases is that people get used to going to the ballpark. They like going to the games. They then want the perks that every other Advantage Member or season ticket holder has, and they upgrade.”
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/d-backs-bring-back-ballpark-pass-for-2026-season
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Arizona Diamondbacks still seek pitching as winter meetings approach “I don’t know that the winter meetings will solve all the problems or be the timeframe when all your to-dos get done,” Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen said. “We’re in all the markets right now. I know it’s probably been more activity on the free agent market than the trade market to date, but I’m sure both will be moving in the next two weeks.”
https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2025/12/03/diamondbacks-latest-news-updates-ketel-marte-pete-fairbanks/87589973007/
Diamondbacks’ Closer Options are Already Dwindling https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/arizona-diamondbacks-news/diamondbacks-closer-dwindling-pagan-fairbanks-williams-helsley
D-backs Insider Gives Update on Merrill Kelly Reunion https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/arizona-diamondbacks-news/d-backs-insider-update-merrill-kelly-reunion
Proposed Ketel Marte Trade Only Benefits D-backs Under One Condition https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/arizona-diamondbacks-news/proposed-ketel-marte-trade-benefits-d-backs-condition-mariners
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An individual breakdown of every member of the 2025 Arizona Diamondbacks.
https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/arizona-diamondbacks-news/every-diamondbacks-player-2025-season
Other Baseball
Red Sox acquire RHP Johan Oviedo from Pirates in 5-player deal
https://www.mlb.com/news/red-sox-trade-for-johan-oviedo-pirates
Rockies hire Dodgers VP Josh Byrnes as GM to turn around franchise https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/47190517/report-rockies-hire-dodgers-vp-josh-byrnes-gm
Former Angels manager Washington joining Giants as infield coach
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/47203070/source-former-angels-manager-washington-join-giants-staff
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Athletics’ $2B Las Vegas stadium on track for 2028 opening, officials say
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/47205920/athletics-2b-las-vegas-stadium-track-2028-opening-officials-say
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says he’d be ‘all right’ with MLB salary cap after record $415 million payroll
Here are 30 Rule 5 candidates — one from each club
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/mlb-rule-5-draft-candidates-from-each-club-2025?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage
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Sources: Winter Games ice surface not NHL size, drawing concern
DeBoer, who visited Milan earlier this fall, said: “The ice surface, it looks like it’s going to be smaller than NHL rink standard by probably 3 or 4 feet. I don’t understand how that happened.” https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/47190819/olympic-ice-rink-3-feet-too-short-drawing-nhl-concern
This day in history:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/december-5
This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/December_5
The longest war in history, the Reconquista, lasted for about 781 years in what is now Portugal and Spain.
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The first recorded joke in history is a fart joke from 1900 BCE Sumer.
Throwing spices at a single person is a tradition in Denmark.
If you are still single by your 25th birthday in Denmark, people will strap you to a chair and throw cinnamon at you. Sounds like a torture method of nightmares, but it’s an actual Danish tradition. Once you hit 30 and still haven’t had any luck in the relationship department, their ammo of choice will upgrade to pepper. Are they marinating single people to make them yummier for other people? Who knows.
German chocolate cake is named after a guy.
Contrary to its name, German chocolate cake named after its creator – an English-American man named Sam German – not Germany.