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THE BOX SCORE
APRIL 2010
Official Newsletter of the Arizona Diamondbacks Season Ticket Holders
SEASON TICKET HOLDER MESSAGE
Table of Contents
To Be or Not To Be…
To be a Season Ticket Holder of
the Arizona Diamondbacks means
many different things to us. I am
sure if you asked all of the Season
Ticket Holders this same question,
you may get a wide variety of
answers, but the one constant
among everyone would be that their
answers came from the heart!
2005 presented itself with the
opportunity to purchase some
games from a co-worker and I
thought, what a great way to get
back into baseball. About halfway
through the season I found myself
wanting to go to more and more
games, so in 2006 I purchased a
Half Season package with one of
my best friends. Now it’s 2010 and
we have had a full season for a few
years - Section 140, Row 12, Seats
11&12. We absolutely love it!
For us, it doesn’t mean just one
thing, but rather many. It means
being successful enough in life to
afford season tickets. It means
we are part of something we’ve
wanted since the D-backs first
came to town. It means making old
friendships stronger and making
new ones almost every game. It
means bonding time with the family,
and catching up on life and the more
important lessons we learn everyday
as a child. It means opening our
son’s eyes to the many rules of
baseball, sportsmanship and life.
It means supporting a team day-in
and day-out, win or lose, good or
bad. It means so many things, but
most importantly, it means being
part of something so much greater
then just ourselves; it means being
part of a team!
Baseball is so much more than just
a sport. It gives me the chance to
share something with my fiancé
and her son that I shared with my
parents as a child; a love that was
passed on to me and now in turn
to them. It is a symbol of summer,
Kyle
Laudenslager
section 140, row 12, seats 11-12
sun and warmth. It is a lesson in
faith, family and friendship. It is
youth revisited every time you walk
into the ballpark thinking about the
first game you went to see with your
parents. It is anticipation at the start
of every spring; will our team make it
to October or will summer end short
and not-so sweet in September?
Baseball is so much more then just
a sport, it’s a way of life!
Drew autographed bat. Reply to seasonticketservices@dbacks.com.
QUESTION: Dan Haren will start his
first Opening Day game with Arizona
this year. Which of these pitchers
never started an Opening Day game
for the D-backs?
a) Four
b) Five
c) Seven
d) Nine
a) Andy Benes
b) Javier Vazquez
c) Curt Schilling
d) Brandon Webb
QUESTION: What is the D-backs’ alltime record in Opening Day games?
a) 5-7
b) 6-6
c) 4-8
d) 8-4
Season Ticket Services
Executive Tip of the Month
As a Season Ticket Holder, if you are unable to attend a specific game, you
have the ability to exchange your ticket(s), to any future game of your choice.
Tickets MUST be exchanged prior to gates opening at a fee of $2.00 per ticket.
*All exchanges are handled at the Chase Field ticket windows or by contacting
your Season Ticket Services Executive.
Exchanges are a ticket for ticket exchange and cannot be credited toward your
season ticket account. The Arizona Diamondbacks will always try to place you
within your current price range; however, if your price range is unavailable, the
exchanged ticket(s) will be placed in the next comparable price range.
Chad Frosland
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What They’re Saying
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Calling All Season Ticket Holders! Pg. 2
It’s
Trivia Time…
The first Season Ticket Holder to correctly respond to the trivia questions listed below via email only will receive a Stephen
QUESTION: The D-backs will be taking
on the NL West rival San Diego Padres
on Opening Day this year. How many
times have the D-backs opened the
season against a division opponent?
A Closer Look...
*$2 exchange fee is waived if you are exchanging due to accessible seat
requirements
Special PIR Offer
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Season Ticket Holder Spotlight
Pg. 3
April Schedule
Pg. 3
April Promos and Giveaways
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season ticket
holder reminders
Season Ticket Holder Website
www.dbacks.com/sth Password: DBSTH
Add this to your Favorites so you may
reference it all year long and not miss
out on any exciting Season Ticket Holder
happenings.
Guaranteed Promotional Package
Due to limited quantities, to ensure you
receive the promotional items advertised
throughout the season we recommend
that you purchase the 2010 Guaranteed
Promotional Item Package. Please refer to
your 2010 Welcome Kit that was emailed on
March 17.
All orders must be received by April 21,
2010. Due to ordering constraints, we are
unable to accept late orders.
Exclusive Season Ticket Holder Road Trips
We hope you are able to join us on our 2010
Exclusive Season Ticket Holder Road Trips
to Washington D.C. and Denver, Colorado.
Spaces are filling up quickly so don’t delay!
For more information please visit Section
111 during a game or call your Season
Ticket Services Executive at 602.514.4444.
Season Ticket Holder Loyalty Cup
Brand new for 2010! As a thank you to
our most valued fans, we are providing
you with a 32 oz. Season Ticket Holder
Loyalty Cup, one per each seat on your account. In order to receive your cup, please
redeem the voucher that is located at the
bottom of the first page inside your Season
Ticket booklet at the Ticketing Headquarters located behind Section 111. Vouchers
can be redeemed beginning April 2, 2010
through May 23, 2010. Please note lost or
stolen vouchers will not be replaced.
Season Ticket Holder Discounts
Don’t forget, as a D-backs Season Ticket
Holder you receive a 20% discount at ALL
Team Shop locations, not just the main
shop. Please present your Season Ticket
Holder ID & Discount Card for approval.
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THE BOX SCORE
APRIL 2010
Official Newsletter of the Arizona Diamondbacks Season Ticket Holders
A CLOSER LOOK...
What They’re Saying
D-backs First Baseman Adam LaRoche
SI.com
— Jon Heyman
If Webb is back to being the pitcher who finished in the top three in Cy Young voting three
straight times, they will have one of the best tops
to any rotation in baseball, right there with the
Cardinals, Mariners and Red Sox. Dan Haren,
who will start Opening Day, looks primed for another big season after leading the majors with a
1.00 WHIP in 2009.
HEIGHT, WEIGHT:
6’3”, 205
BATS/THROWS:
Left/Left
BORN:
Nov. 6, 1979
Orange, CA
OPENING DAY AGE:
30
RESIDENCE:
Fort Scott, KS
ML SERVICE:
6 years
SIGNED THROUGH:
2010, mutual option for 2011
SPRING TRAINING HIGHLIGHTS
• In 6 Cactus League games, has
batted .389 (7-for-18) with a double, 2 home runs, 5 RBI, a .389
on-base percentage and a .778
slugging percentage.
• Has hit safely in his last 5 games at
a .438 clip (7-for-16).
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Signed by the D-backs as a free
agent on Jan. 15, 2010…agreed to
a one-year contract with a mutual
option for 2011.
• Over parts of six seasons with the
Atlanta Braves (2004-06, 2009),
Pittsburgh Pirates (2007-09) and
Boston Red Sox (2009), has compiled a .274 batting average (787-
for-2,877) with 205 doubles, 7
triples, 136 home runs and 469
RBI in 838 career games.
• In 8 postseason games with the
Braves in 2004-05, batted .320
(8-for-25) with 2 doubles, 2 home
runs and 10 RBI.
• Among first baseman since 2004,
ranks sixth with 203 doubles,
eighth with 772 hits, ninth with
459 RBI, 10th with 134 home
runs and 15th with an .839 OPS.
• Since debuting in 2004, his career
.995 fielding percentage ranks tied
for ninth while his 793 games are
seventh-most among all first baseman.
• In 166 career games against NL
West opponents, has batted .297
(176-for-593) with 50 doubles, 1
triple, 35 home runs and 112 RBI.
• At the end of the 2007 season,
received the Chuck Tanner award
from the Pittsburgh chapter of the
BBWAA to recognize the Pirates
player whose professionalism, cooperation and availability best assist the writers in carrying out their
daily responsibilities.
• Named to 2004 Topps Rookie AllStar Team in his rookie season for
the Braves...among all NL rookies,
ranked third with a .488 slugging
percentage and fifth with 27 doubles.
• Made his Major League debut on
Calling all Season
Ticket Holders!
• Comes from a baseball family as
his father, Dave, was a two-time
All-Star while pitching for five
teams over 14 seasons in the Majors from 1970-83, and his brother, Andy, has played three seasons
in the Majors for the Los Angeles
Dodgers (2007-08) and Pittsburgh
Pirates (2008-09).
• Played collegiately at Fort Scott
(Kan.) Junior College and Seminole
(Okla.) Junior College...in 2000,
was an All-American at Seminole
and named MVP of the Junior College World Series.
SEASON TICKET
HOLDERS, START YOUR
ENGINES!
Your Arizona Diamondbacks have partnered
with Phoenix International Raceway to offer you
exclusive discounted tickets to the SUBWAY
Fresh Fit 600™ NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
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- battle it out under the lights for a trip to Victory Lane.
Click here to receive up to 20% off the regular
PIR ticket price just for you, our Season Ticket
Holders.
$44
Upper Petty Grandstand (normally $55)
$72
Upper Foyt Grandstand (normally $90)
Join us for Girl Scout Day on Friday, April 23rd
from 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. and assist us in
your areas of expertise during our Girl Scout
workshops.
Thanks for being part of the D-backs family!
DID YOU KNOW?
• David Adam LaRoche (pronounced
la-ROHSH).
CBS Sportsline
— Jon Heyman
If Brandon Webb comes back strong, as the
Diamondbacks expect, Webb, Dan Haren and
Edwin Jackson will make Arizona one of only six
teams in the majors to boast three All-Stars in
its starting rotation. The other five are the Cubs,
Giants, Phillies, Red Sox and Yankees.
$28
Lower Petty Grandstand/Middle Foyt Grandstand (normally $35)
The D-backs have an opportunity for you
to showcase your personal talents, your
organization or express your interest in Girl
Scouts of America.
If you or someone else you know would
be a great fit for this event, or if you and
your Girl Scout Troop would like to attend
the event, please contact Tiffany Deutsch
at 602.462.4103 or Melissa Wright at
602.462.4104.
April 7 vs. Mets...in the Braves’
11-run, fourth inning, collected
his first two hits with a single off
of Steve Traschel and a double
off of Grant Roberts...became the
first NL rookie and fourth in Major
League history to collect his first 2
hits in the same inning during his
Major League debut.
ESPN
— Rob Never
A deal like (Justin Upton’s) accomplishes two
things. It locks up a great young player at a
reasonable cost and it relieves the organization
from having to devote any brainpower to figuring
out what Upton will cost and who’s going to play
right field. This is essentially the best way that a
baseball franchise can spend its money.
Workshop Topics Include:
• Nutrition
• Fitness
• Savings
• Safety
• Recycling
• Face Painting
• Clowns
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THE BOX SCORE
APRIL 2010
Official Newsletter of the Arizona Diamondbacks Season Ticket Holders
APRIL SCHEDULE
SEASON TICKET
HOLDER SPOTLIGHT
Dena Marie Mangini
Section 319, Row 9, Seats 7-8
BOLD = D-backs Home Game
All games broadcasted on FSArizona and Sports 620 KTAR
unless marked by *
Q - How long have you been a Season Ticket Holder?
A - I have been a Season Ticket Holder since day one, the summer
of 1998 and have attended every home game including Playoff
and World Series games. I hope I continue to be fortunate and
have the ability to continue, you can call me the Cal Ripken fan
of the game.
Home
exhibition
games:
April 13
@ Dodgers
1:10 PM
April 23*
vs. Phillies
6:40 PM
April 2
vs. Cubs
6:40 PM
April 14
@ Dodgers
7:10 PM
April 24
vs. Phillies
5:10 PM
Q - Favorite aspect of being a Season Ticket Holder?
A - The luxury of attending all the Diamondbacks home games!
I enjoy sitting in the same area among fellow Season Ticket
Holders who have become my “baseball family”. We enjoy the
game, sharing stories and we always have a great time full of
smiles and laughs, win or lose.
April 3*
vs. Cubs
1:10 PM
April 15
@ Dodgers
7:10 PM
April 25
vs. Phillies
1:10 PM
April 5
vs. Padres
2:10 PM
April 16
@ Padres
7:05 PM
April 26
@ Rockies
5:40 PM
April 6
vs. Padres
6:40 PM
April 17
@ Padres
5:35 PM
April 27
@ Rockies
5:40 PM
April 7*
vs. Padres
6:40 PM
April 18
@ Padres
1:05 PM
April 28
@ Rockies
12:10 PM
April 9
vs. Pirates
6:40 PM
April 19
vs. Cardinals
6:40 PM
April 29
@ Cubs
11:20 PM
April 10
vs. Pirates
5:10 PM
April 20
vs. Cardinals
6:40 PM
April 30
@ Cubs
11:20 PM
April 11
vs. Pirates
1:10 PM
April 21*
vs. Cardinals
6:40 PM
Q - Aside from winning the World Series in 2001, what is your
favorite D-backs memory?
A - There are countless memories: Opening Day against the
Rockies, Gonzo continuing his huge homerun streak at the end
of a Marlins game, Jay Bell winning a fan one million dollars,
Randy Johnson striking out 20 batters in a game, being in San
Francisco in 1999 to witness the D-backs clinching the division
for the first time, etc. The truth; my greatest Diamondbacks
memory is the happiness and rewarding experience I was
fortunate to have with my daughter Courtney growing up and
joining me in attendance. We have a close fun loving bond that
was nurtured around the game of baseball at BOB/Chase Field
and on the road at other MLB stadiums. There is nothing more
special.
Q -If you were a D-backs player, what position would you play and what would your intro song be?
A -If I were a baseball player I would be playing the hot corner of third base and my introduction song would be
“Paradise” by the Dashboard Light.
Q -Who is your favorite D-backs player?
A -This is a tough question because I am a fan of the game; the entire team. It takes every player’s contribution to
succeed. Since I have to choose one, I would say Mark Reynolds because of his leadership last year, his passion
and commitment to play hard at the plate and in the infield. He has a true spirit of winning and his proven
leadership did improve the attitude & performance of his teammates for a period of time. I also look forward
to seeing if he develops into the Hall of Fame caliber of Michael Jack Schmidt, as predicted, and he is in a
Diamondbacks uniform.
Q -Favorite Rivalry?
A -My favorite rivalry is when the Diamondbacks host the Los Angeles Dodgers. The attendance at Chase Field
increases; the Dodgers fans come in with attitude and the intention of taking over our home. It is then when the
Diamondbacks fans step it up, cheer louder, heckle back and exude the passion for the team and the game. The
“passion” that I grew up with as an East Coast baseball fan which is invigorating! I love it.
Q -Day game vs. night game?
A -No doubt about this one, I prefer night games.
Q -Roof open or closed?
A -Personally, I prefer the roof open because it gives me the sensation of old-time traditional baseball.
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APRIL PROMOS &
GIVEAWAY ITEMS
April 5
Opening Day Lanyard (50,000)
Courtesy of Gila River Casinos
April 9
Post-game Fireworks*
April 10
Schedule Magnet (15,000)
Courtesy of Pepsi
April 11
Webkinz Lil’ Kinz Pug (5,000)
Adopt-a-Pet at the Park
April 23-25
April 23
APS Green Series
Post-game Fireworks*
Mystery Ball Grab Bags**
April 24Upton ‘09 All-Star Bobble Head (15,000)
African-American Heritage Day
Jackie Robinson Day
April 25
D-Backs Baseball Cap (5,000)
Courtesy of APS
Item for kids 12 and younger
* Post-game fireworks presented by Gila River Casinos
** Event benefits the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation
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