Two decades ago, the Arizona Diamondbacks were baseball’s hotshot expansion franchise, two years removed from a World Series upset over the mighty New York Yankees.
Two decades later, the Snakes are long de-fanged. A late September visit to Yankee Stadium seems almost meaningless. The Diamondbacks have made the playoffs just four times since their unprecedented championship run and have struggled to build sustained success despite doing a good job with player development. Those playoff seasons almost look like overachieving in the grand scheme.
This year, however, the Diamondbacks might just pull off a playoff run.