De Bacle has hung tough with the Diamondhacks and they’ve risen from a miserable 9th place in the standing to their present position of third. They’ve won 6 of the last 7 weekly match-ups; two of those victories came by perfect 9-0 scores. They are a shoe-in to make the end of season championship playoff.
The turning point in the season was grabbing Cleveland catcher Victor Martinez off waivers when he returned from injury. Then a fortuitous trade netted the D-Hacks Mr, Reyes of the Mets for rookie sensation Cliff Barmes of Colorado. Barmes fractured his clavicle just days after the trade when he was lifting some freshly shot venison from something to something. Oops!
The Choppers have been in first place since May. De Bacle’s in cruise control making sure players with hot hands are in the line-up. The Chopper pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.15. When asked if having Roger Clemens in the line-up contributed to his team’s domination, De Bacle looked skyward and rubbed his eyes, then he turned away from the questioner, spit, and said “Expletive,” grinned, shook his head, then grabbed a fungo and hit some mile high pop-ups to his catchers. He shouted, "home run in a phone booth," when his last pop-up soared straight above him, cleared the the third deck roof line, and landed in catcher Molina's glove not ten yards from where De Bacle stood holding his fungo.
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