{"id":23175,"date":"2026-06-18T12:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=23175"},"modified":"2026-06-18T12:28:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:28:21","slug":"a-race-in-the-nl-dbacks-vs-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=23175","title":{"rendered":"A race in the NL, D&#8217;backs vs Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4397442c6adcbd74f3d8ad84cb48b40f wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">My first weekday game in the afternoon at Chase Field. I take the light rail into downtown, while getting caught up on the MLB rankings. Diamondbacks are 3rd in the National League, with a record of 37-36.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" data-attachment-id=\"23178\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?attachment_id=23178\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-walkabout-6a343a182e1d9.png?fit=1376%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1376,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Arizona Diamondbacks fan enthusiasm\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The image shows four enthusiastic fans at a baseball stadium holding a large banner that reads &amp;#8216;LET&amp;#8217;S GO D&amp;#8217;BACKS&amp;#8217; with a Diamondbacks logo and &amp;#8216;PHX, AZ&amp;#8217; printed below. They are standing in front of a railing overlooking the baseball field, with the stadium and crowd visible in the background. Three of the fans are smiling and looking towards the camera, while one fan wearing a Diamondbacks jersey with &amp;#8216;MARTE 4&amp;#8217; on the back is raising her fist in excitement. The mood is lively and celebratory, capturing the energy and support of the fans at the game.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Fans cheer energetically at a Diamondbacks baseball game holding a team banner&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-walkabout-6a343a182e1d9.png?fit=640%2C358&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-walkabout-6a343a182e1d9.png?resize=640%2C358&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Group of Arizona Diamondbacks fans holding a 'Let's Go D'Backs' banner at a baseball stadium\" class=\"wp-image-23178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-walkabout-6a343a182e1d9.png?resize=1024%2C572&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-walkabout-6a343a182e1d9.png?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-walkabout-6a343a182e1d9.png?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-walkabout-6a343a182e1d9.png?resize=768%2C429&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-walkabout-6a343a182e1d9.png?w=1376&amp;ssl=1 1376w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-walkabout-6a343a182e1d9.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0203ce4837627948f86a88c79fdb29d9 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">I&#8217;m running a little late, but other fans on the train let me know that the Angels scored a home run in the first inning, and with the beating the Angels gave us the night before, it could be another long game&#8230;..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bd96f036b5501695f01bc21b640e8e9c wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">I settle into my seat and take a bite of a tasty polish sausage and sip my beer when the D&#8217;Backs crush a home run with two men on base, and they never looked back after that. A dominant win of 8-1. Looking forward t odoing it again on Sunday against the Twins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-064d1d87d88209858bf6e0d2524c9b38 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">Let&#8217;s Go D&#8217;Backs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HYJu575oTcM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diamondbacks take on Angels in game three of their three game series<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowqprcCw:productID":"","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"Diamondbacks take on Angels in game three of their three game series on 6\/17\/2026","jetpack_seo_html_title":"Diamondbacks take on Angels in game three of their three game series","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Diamondbacks take on Angels in game three of their three game series","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7315],"tags":[589476282,1168,589477452],"class_list":["post-23175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-day-in-the-life","tag-a-day-in-the-life","tag-baseball","tag-dbacks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-walkabout-6a34390694bb9.png?fit=1376%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p99I7P-61N","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23175"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23182,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23175\/revisions\/23182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}