Editing Arizona Diamondbacks (section)

==History==
{{Main article|History of the Arizona  Diamondbacks}}
{{See also|1998 Major League Baseball expansion}}

On March 9, 1995, Phoenix was awarded an expansion franchise to begin play for the {{mlby|1998}} season. A $130 million franchise fee was paid to Major League Baseball and on January 16, 1997, the Diamondbacks were voted into the National League.<ref>{{cite news|title=Baseball Expansion Teams Put in Leagues|date=January 17, 1997|newspaper=Southeastern Missourian}}</ref> The Diamondbacks' first major league game was played against the [[Colorado Rockies]] on March 31, [[1998 Arizona Diamondbacks season|1998]], at Bank One Ballpark. The [[Baseball park|ballpark]] was renamed Chase Field in 2005, as a result of [[Bank One Corporation]]'s merger with [[JPMorgan Chase|JPMorgan Chase & Co.]]

Since their debut, the Diamondbacks have won two [[Wild Card Series]], five NL West division titles, two NL pennants, and the [[2001 World Series]].

They later became the fastest expansion franchise in baseball history to win a World Series. The Diamondbacks defeated the Yankees in Game 7 during the 2001 postseason. 

After beating the Philadelphia Phillies 4–2 in Game 7 of the [[2023 National League Championship Series|2023 NLCS]] at [[Citizens Bank Park]] in Philadelphia, the Arizona Diamondbacks returned to the World Series for the first time since 2001 – against the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] on October 27, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dotson |first=Kevin |date=October 25, 2023 |title=Arizona Diamondbacks headed to the World Series after beating Phillies for the National League pennant |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/24/sport/mlb-diamondbacks-phillies-nlcs-spt/index.html |access-date=October 26, 2023 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=October 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026193654/https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/24/sport/mlb-diamondbacks-phillies-nlcs-spt/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
They lost the series 4–1 at home in Arizona on November 1, 2023.