In the fall of 1993, Jerry Colangelo, owner of the Phoenix Suns, the area's wildly popular and successful NBA franchise, announced he was assembling an ownership group to apply for a Major League Baseball expansion team( the Arizona Diamondbacks). This was after a great deal of lobbying by the Maricopa County Sports Authority, a local group formed to preserve Cactus League spring training in Arizona and eventually secure a Major League franchise for the state.

Arizona Diamondbacks baseball at Chase Field gets a little more interesting this year, as old-timer Randy “Big Unit” Johnson is on his way back from the Bronx, to climes closer to his Phoenix home. The Diamondbacks gave up Luis Vizcaino and some minor league prospects to attain his Chase Field homecoming. Find Arizona Diamondbacks Tickets

The Arizona Diamondbacks, named for the native viper snake that roams the desert outskirts not far from Chase Field, will rely on youth primarily. As the 2007 opens for the Arizona Diamondbacks, besides Johnson, they will rely on another senior producer, Eric Byrnes. At age 31, Byrnes, who hit .277, in 2006, will shoulder the hopes and dreams of Arizona Diamondback fans, young and old, but mostly old. Chase Field is a great place to see a baseball game; even though temperatures average around 100 degrees during the dog days of summer, it’s a dry desert heat and there are always plenty of emergency medical technicians on hand, equipped with water and high spirits, from their world championship efforts of the past.

Look out for the new Arizona Diamondback uniforms at Chase Field this year. They were previewed by the media and modeled by players over the winter.
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