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Extractions: Can you write or draw? Would you rather put bamboo shoots up your fingernails than read the average sportswriter? You might have a future! Let us be your stepping stone D'Back Repeat in West? Dave Paisley Well, we've worked our way across to the West Coast in the National League. Can the Diamondbacks repeat? Why don't we find out? Arizona Diamondbacks In: IF Luis Ordaz, P Russ Springer , P Brad Clontz Out: OF Dante Powell, P Andy Benes P Gregg Olson , PTBNL, P Bobby Chouinard It will be very interesting to see how the Chouinard affair plays out in the D-Backs organization, especially in light of the John Rocker situation. As my esteemed colleague Michael Cox pointed out recently, where's the hue and cry over aggravated assault? Of course, Chouinard is entitled to a fair trial, whereas no such avenue exists for Rocker in the court of public opinion. Anyway, it should make life interesting down in Tucson at spring training. With a hundred wins under their belts last year, it's evident the Diamondbacks aren't about to make wholesale changes. Yet can they get the same type of seasons from Finley, Williams and Gonzalez? Will Tony Womack be too much of a liability at short, presuming that move actually happens?
