[Kevdog1020]

July 2, 2012

Sorry for the delay, but I'm back! I missed the last edition of Dombrowski Diaries because I had some moving to do but after the week we just had, I have to check in with the fans. We ended the month of June on a hot streak and were 5-2 in the past week.

We started off by taking 3 of 4 from the Astros before moving on and taking 2 of 3 from the Rockies. We're now only 4 games under .500 and 5 games behind the Dodgers for the NL West lead. We can continue our trip up the rankings if we can be successful in Arizona this week (3 game set with them) and then end the first half of the season strong against the Reds.

I'd like to finish the first half with a record over .500, but that would require us to win 6 of the 7 games. So I'll go for a more modest goal. I'd like to decrease our deficit in the west by 2 games in the upcoming 7 games. The Reds and D'Backs are both very good teams and it would be beneficial for our team and fan morale to go over .500 against them.

I did strengthen our offense a little bit, adding Scott Rolen (that seems so long ago) but I still want to improve our team. I'd like to add a reliable bullpen arm and add another infielder. The infielder portion might be complete after Logan Forsythe comes back from his 20 day rehab assignment.

Well, I gotta plane to catch so I'll see you guys later!