Arizona Diamondbacks

The Arizona Diamondbacks are a Major League Baseball team and belong to the National League. To be precise to the Western Division of the National League. The team is based in Phoenix Arizona and is often also referred to as D-backs.

The Arizona Diamondbacks were founded in 1998 when the need for a baseball team in the desert arose. With Phoenix slowly growing to one of the major cities in the US the National and American league tried to figure out who would place a team in Arizona. From its beginning the team was supposed to draft fans from allover the state and therefore the team was named Arizona Diamondbacks versus the Phoenix affiliation in their name.

The Arizona Diamondbacks first baseball game as a Major League Team was against the Colorado Rockies on March 31st, 1998. The Arizona Diamondbacks ballpark back then was the Bank One Ballpark, which at that time was a standing-room only facility.
When the tickets went on sale in January the Arizona Diamondbacks stadium sold out before lunch the same day.

In their first five seasons the Arizona Diamondbacks won three division titles. The 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks also won their first World Series in these first five seasons.
The Arizona Diamondbacks uniforms and the Arizona Diamondbacks logo stayed mainly untouched and unchanged from their first season until 2006 when a complete redesign took over the old parts.

The Arizona Diamondbacks new logo depicts a design A with a zigzag design on the inside of the A and the word diamondbacks on the uniforms. For Arizona Diamondbacks hats a changed d shaped rattlesnake was introduced. The mascot of the Arizona Diamondbacks is d. Baxter, a bobcat.

The Arizona Diamondbacks team colors where also changed. Instead of the historical purple, copper and turquoise, a reddish color known as “Sedona Red”, as well as “Sonoran Sand” and Black are used on the player’s uniforms. Arizona Diamondbacks top prospects for the new season is a young team, which has brought them success in the 2007 season. This young team of prospects includes names such as Brandon Webb, Orlando Hudson, Conor Jackson, Chris Young, Miguel Montero, Mark Reynolds, Stephen Drew and Carlos Quentin.

As with so many other teams, the Arizona Diamondbacks are a franchise business. The Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team has their own official major league website where you can buy Arizona Diamondbacks tickets and find the Arizona Diamondbacks schedule, including the Arizona Diamondbacks 2007 schedule. Besides the schedule for the Arizona Diamondbacks a Arizona Diamondbacks forum and Arizona Diamondbacks jersey can be found.