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LOS ANGELES -- The Arizona Diamondbacks biggest offseason acquisition is set to make his first appearance against the team he represented for three seasons and helped win three successive division championships.Right-hander Zack Greinke, who spurned the Los Angeles Dodgers as a free agent to sign a six-year contract worth $206.5 million, will pitch against his former teammates Monday evening when the Diamondbacks begin a three-game series at Dodger Stadium.From 2013 through 2015 with the Dodgers, Greinke won 51 games and compiled a 2.30 ERA. He also finished among the top 10 for the National Leagues Cy Young Award all three seasons, including second last year to the Chicago Cubs Jake Arrieta, while winning two Gold Gloves and a Silver Slugger award.Last year, Greinke led the major leagues with a 1.66 ERA, collected a career-high 19 wins and started for the NL in the All-Star Game. In 222 2/3 innings, the 12-year veteran conceded just 40 walks and 148 hits while amassing 200 strikeouts.The Diamondbacks hoped Greinke and other offseason acquisitions as Shelby Miller and Jean Segura could combine with Paul Goldschmidt, A.J. Pollock, David Peralta and Yasmany Tomas to ignite a surge toward playoff contention. Instead, Arizona is battling the San Diego Padres to stay out of last place in the NL West.Greinke (12-4) leads the Diamondbacks in wins, but his ERA has ballooned to 4.17, his worst since 2010. He has already allowed 140 hits while striking out just 114. Away from Phoenixs Chase Field, Greinke owns seven victories but a 5.50 ERA.Last week, the Dodgers expressed interest in re-acquiring Greinke after he cleared revocable waivers, Fox Sports Ken Rosenthal reported, as the right-handers departure in January further depleted Los Angeles thin rotation. However, Rosenthal reported that discussions did not proceed very far, and USA Todays Bob Nightengale added that the Diamondbacks would not trade Greinke during the offseason.Opposing Greinke on Monday will be the veteran signed to replace him, right-hander Kenta Maeda(13-8, 3.37 ERA). After eight seasons with the Hiroshima Carp in Japans Central League, Maeda signed an eight-year contract worth $25 million in January, one month after Greinke joined the Diamondbacks.In his final season in Japan, Maeda led the Central League with 15 victories, compiled a 2.09 ERA and limited opposing hitters to a .222 average. That performance enabled Maeda to win the Sawamura Award as the best pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball for the second time.Maeda will pitch with a full week of rest after his last start. The 28-year-old rookie collected six strikeouts in five innings Aug. 29 against the Colorado Rockies, but he allowed two runs on four hits and a walk in an 8-1 loss. Those runs were the result of a Nick Hundley two-run homer.That one pitch, a slider, was definitely a mistake, Maeda told MLB.com through an interpreter regarding Hundleys homer. Overall, I thought I pitched pretty well. I always want to pitch longer, but that one pitch led to the team losing.Before that defeat, Maeda won his previous four starts and earned victories in five successive decisions since July 23. During that stretch, he allowed 28 hits and only seven walks in 33 2/3 innings while getting 30 strikeouts, compiling a 3.74 ERA and allowing permitting hitters to bat just .226. However, Maeda also conceded six home runs in that span.Cheap NFL Jerseys China .Y. - Detroit goaltender Jonas Gustavsson has earned NHL first star of the week honours after winning in his first three appearances of the season. Wholesale NFL Jerseys Authentic . He said Tuesday thats a big reason why he is now the new coach of the Tennessee Titans. 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Zvonareva made her comeback in January in Shenzhen and played in the Australian Open but lost her first matches at both tournaments.MANCHESTER, England -- Bastian Schweinsteiger might still have a future at Manchester United.It seemed the former Germany captain would be on his way out of Old Trafford in January when he was told to train away from the first-team squad for the first few months of the season, and even written off as an asset in Uniteds published accounts in September.But the 32-year-old Schweinsteiger has impressed United manager Jose Mourinho with his attitude and determination. Having been asked to rejoin training with the senior team last month, the midfielder made his first appearance of the season as a substitute in Uniteds 4-1 win over West Ham in the English League Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday.Suddenly, Schweinsteiger is on Mourinhos radar. Mourinho, famously dubbed the Special One during his time at Chelsea, is calling Schweinsteiger the Powerful One.In the summer, we try to make something happen for Bastian to have a different future, Mourinho said Friday. He decided to stay, even in difficult circumstances. He worked for that, he deserved that little happiness of the last match.In January, he will be the powerful one, probably with better feelings than before now he is working with the team. I think he understands our dynamic, our philosophy.Schweinsteiger, who joined United in July 2015 and still has 1+ years left on his contract, has a fight on his hands to regain a regular first-team place with Paul Pogba, Ander Herrera, Michael Carrick and Marouane Fellaini seemingly ahead of him in the midfield pecking order.Given the strides he has made to earn Mourinhos confidence in the past two months, Schweinsteiger can still hope. And the reaction he got at Old Trafford when he came on against West Ham suggested United fans would be happy to see more of the 2014 World Cup winner.He is another one who can help us, Mourinho said. During the season, you have injuries, suspensions .dddddddddddd... Of course, it was 3-1 and he played for 10 minutes (against West Ham), but he was ready. He is another one in the squad working to have more chances.There are a few more in that situation.Attacking midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan has made two starts in the past week after being mostly overlooked by Mourinho since joining from Borussia Dortmund in the offseason. He also impressed against West Ham, setting up two goals and potentially doing enough to keep his place for Sundays match at Everton in the Premier League.Then theres Anthony Martial, the 20-year-old France forward who was Uniteds top scorer in his debut year last season. He has been in and out of the team under Mourinho, who has sometimes preferred Juan Mata, Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford in the wide positions.Martial doubled his tally for this season with two goals against West Ham and looks to be responding to some pointed comments by Mourinho in the British media.He is working. Working harder than before, to be honest, Mourinho said. When you score two goals, maybe it helps your happiness to be back, your confidence levels to be back.Mourinho will be back in the dugout at Goodison Park after serving his second touchline ban of the season in the West Ham match. That was a punishment for kicking a water bottle next to the technical area during a league match at Old Trafford last weekend.Mourinho said he deserved to be sent to the stands for the offense but queried whether other managers would receive the same punishment.The only thing I would like, he said, would be the same rules for everyone ... I accept the suspension of one match. 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