The Arizona Diamondbacks entered their first full decade as a team with the fifth highest payroll in the league. In 2001, just their fourth year in existence, they won one of the most emotional world series in the history of the game.
But after ten years of entertaining baseball fans everywhere, the D'Backs could not be a more different franchise from the one that came back and beat the Yankees in seven games.
From the fifth highest payroll in 2000 to the twentieth in 2009. From Jerry Colangelo to Ken Kendrick. From Joe Garagiola to Josh Byrnes. From Bob Brenly to A.J. Hinch. From Luis Gonzalez to Justin Upton. Whatever the case, the team is different in every facet.
Year in and year out the D'Backs have remained one of the most competitive and exciting teams in baseball. What follows is my all decade team, some names my surprise you, some may not, but no matter who I pick everyone has their own favorites.
Here are mine...
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