Time to stare in the mirror, I guess! I\u2019ve been part of the Diamondbacks\u2019 fanbase, more or less since I came out to Arizona in November 2000. Initially, casually, but then steadily more actively, opening up this site just before the 2005 season. Since then I\u2019ve been through the highs of a National League pennant, and lows of a 111-loss season, watched both triumphs and disasters, and\u2026 Well, I\u2019m still here, interacting with you folk every day. So I guess you must collectively have something! I\u2019m proud to call multiple SnakePitters genuine friends, and while we may differ (vociferously!) sometimes, the love of the D-backs is a common thread which unites us. But\u2026<\/p>\n
How would you describe the D-backs fanbase?<\/p>\n
What are our best and worst traits? How do we compare with other fanbases? The second question might be a little hard, because interaction with anyone else is limited. It\u2019s largely online, and\u2026 Well, you know how that can often go! But feel free to engage in sweeping generalizations here: I\u2019m sure nobody will take anything personally! For example, Arizona is a state full of people from elsewhere, rather than people who have been her all their lives. Does that make the fanbase more fickle? Or more realistic? Does the limited success (one playoff appearance every five years or so!) make us more grateful for it? How do you see yourselves?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Time to stare in the mirror, I guess! I\u2019ve been part of the Diamondbacks\u2019 fanbase, more or less…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2404],"tags":[146,22,75962,4314,19173,5,38,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-594492","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-diamondbacks","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks","10":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks-discussion","11":"tag-arizonadiamondbacks","12":"tag-az-snake-pit-community","13":"tag-baseball","14":"tag-diamondbacks","15":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116138343635082075","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}