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The Diamondbacks are mad. The Rockies are mad. These teams see each other a lot, and they can't love one another.
Also, Kirk Gibson exists.
All of those things combine for a better-than-usual chance of seeing an intentional bean ball or two tonight when Arizona and Colorado square off in a battle of LOL-worthy squads on Friday night at Chase Field. I'm pretty ignorant, so I just assume that the D-Backs target a potential beanball candidate on a nightly basis. Who will it be tonight? You decide!
Carlos Gonzalez is the star of the lineup despite his disappointing and injury-riddled season. That automatically makes him a pretty significant candidate for taking one in the ribs. But I wouldn't underestimate Corey Dickerson, Nolan Arenado or Charlie Blackmon, any of whom could be mistaken at any point for looking at Gibson the wrong way or something stupid like that.
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Here are the lineups, and afterward, you can vote on who will be the purple-clad beanball favorite for the D-Backs.