If the Phillies are to win another World Series, Cole Hamels will have to be better than he was in Friday's debut, Tracy Ringolsby says. 

The Newark Bears won the Atlantic League championship as recently as 2007, but it has been difficult to attract enough people to the downtown Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium to keep up with the league's attendance powerhouses of Long Island, NY and  

AT ARIZONA 

--The D-backs lost a series against Colorado for the first time since the final weekend of the 2007 season when the Rockies won the second and third games of the season-opening series that ended Wednesday. 

The Diamondbacks got good news on one front during spring training when OF Eric Byrnes hit well and showed no signs of the hamstring injuries that bothered him all last season and caused him to miss the second half. 

If one man cost the Diamondbacks the 2008 NL West title, it was Manny Ramirez. 

PHILADELPHIA - Four Phillies walked with the bases loaded during an eight-run seventh inning and Philadelphia rallied for a 12-11 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday. 

The Arizona Diamondbacks were in prime position to win the NL West last season before their poor play down the stretch against the Los Angeles Dodgers helped cost them the title. 

PHOENIX - Franklin Morales stood at his locker, eager to share a story few outside of his family have ever heard. 

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--Diamondbacks 2001 World Series hero Luis Gonzalez was given a nice ovation when he was introduced to the crowd attending the Colorado game Wednesday. 

The Diamondbacks got good news on one front during spring training when OF Eric Byrnes hit well and showed no signs of the hamstring injuries that bothered him all last season and caused him to miss the second half. 

Right-hander Brandon Webb will miss his scheduled start Saturday because ofa recurrence of shoulder soreness he felt in his opening-day start against Colorado on Monday. 

The 2009 salaries for the top 100 highest-paid major league baseball players on opening day rosters and disabled lists. 

Arizona Diamondbacks ace Brandon Webb will skip his next start because of shoulder stiffness.