Welcome to NowHitting

Now Hitting has been designed as a clearing house of information about the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball club. This site is designed to provide information and news on the Diamondbacks as they begin their quest for a National League Western Division championship. Rather than having to search on multiple web sites to find information about the Diamondbacks, Now Hitting attempts to gather this data to a central location for your enjoyment. The site is a mixture of current information along with historical data covering the Arizona Diamondbacks Major League Baseball franchise.

Baseball is Life

The players are transported to destiny.
Physical, mental, and spiritual forces converge.
The game evolves.
Your perception of reality blurs.

The game explores the interaction of
perceived and potential reality.
By evaluating the levels of self-realization,
their differences will begin to disappear.

To fully realize and experience the game
requires focusing your consciousness.
Recognize boundaries as stumbling blocks
to vision and imagination.
Broaden your mind, broaden your universe.

The game is comprised of mental images,
endorphin-induced visions and
cosmic epistemology.

The game is governed by chaos,
order, data reclusion, and data exchange.

Until the last out is registered
And the cheers subside,
enjoy the game.

Introduction

The last remnants of autumn sunlight filtered down upon the playing field at Bank One Ballpark. It was a beautiful September evening for the last regular season game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the San Diego Padres. The ballpark roof had just opened; the cheers of the crowd were beginning to subside. Forty-eight thousand fans were now settling into their seats waiting for what promised to be a memorable end to the Diamondbacks inaugural season. The pre-game festivities were in mid-stride. Along the base paths and in the outfield, the starting players were going through their final warm-ups before the game started. As game time approached, I quietly stood near the on-deck circle with my family. The children gazed about taking in all of the sights and sounds of this historic game. None of us could have imagined we would be standing here on the field as the grounds crew put the finishing touches on the baselines and batters boxes. Nor could I have anticipated the events that were about to occur.