3 Highlights From Arizona Diamondbacks 20th Anniversary Celebration

The Arizona Diamondbacks had a bunch of festivities on Saturday night as part of their 20th Anniversary celebration.

Although the Arizona Diamondbacks don’t call it ‘Old Timers’ Day’, they pretty much have the same tradition as the New York Yankees. Every season, a gigantic group of former players get together to playrealbaseball in front of the hometown fans. This year, the alumni game had a little bit more cache, though. It was, after all, grouped into Saturday’s20th Anniversary celebrationat Chase Field before their game against San Francisco.

Besides the alumni game, the celebration also included an official recognition of the Diamondbacks’ fan-selected20th Anniversary Team, a video tribute, and aspecial giveawayat the gate.

For fans, this was the day to come to the ballpark if you’re nostalgic about the D-Backs. Alumni games in the past have had some stars, but between the alumni gameandthe 20th Anniversary team, it was a who’s who of Arizona Diamondbacks’ baseball.

Among the massive group of players in attendance, some of the most notable names included six-time All-StarCurt Schilling, five-time All-StarLuis Gonzalez, and former Cy Young winnersRandy JohnsonandBrandon Webb.

‘Team Red’ wound up beating ‘Team Purple’ in the alumni game by a score of 1-0 but there were so many highlights and things to talk about. Here are the ones that stuck out the most.

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