Diamondbacks 10, St. Louis 1: Ryno and the Batsmen

I recall saying to Ramona as All Star Week was drawing to a close that facing the Cardinals and the Astros coming out of the break would in some ways be a good thing, because playing series against two winning teams would likely settle any lingering questions regarding whether we were going to be sellers at the Trade Deadline. To be honest, I think I’ve been finding the waiting to be kind of exhausting, and I frankly expected that we’d be staring disappointment in the face, and part of me just wanted to get on with it.

But baseball friends, our Diamondbacks seem like they have other plans. I think they really want to keep the band together. They’re certainly playing like it so far, with the…