There was the usual refrain from club owners, and words which traditionally have been tired and exhausted. “It’s a great day for the Arizona Diamondbacks and a great day to be D-back,” said Ken Kendrick, the team’s general managing partner Monday morning.
Kendrick was celebrating another dawn of a new era in franchise history, and took the moment to introduce Mike Hazen as the team’s newest general manager. Given the Diamondbacks unsettling track record in recent years about hiring and dismissing management personnel, most notably general manager Dave Stewart, field manager Chip Hale and De Jon Watson, the team’s VP of baseball operations, Kendrick again illuminated the air with bright phrases and cheery expressions.