Outstanding piece. Lots of great insight. Dbacks and Rangers are a difficult pairing to analyze. I'm sure we will see some new and interesting heroics. And seven games.
Thanks Wick. Knew little about the D'Backs prior to this season, but noticed them winning a little more and even stringing winning streaks together. But I certainly was no walking encyclopedia of D'Backs baseball. Right before the playoffs started I called cousins who live in Phoenix, wanting to pepper them with questions about the team because I live in a virtual wasteland of baseball news in the way down yonder of a football world. Much to my surprise, they knew little, not even that Arizona had made the playoffs. Yesterday's column helped build a solid foundation of Snakes baseball past and present and I look forward to the World Series with a pair of surprising teams that will make the eyes of television executives' water.
Torey Lovullo was always a class act when I was working. We didn't always agree, kinda goes with the territory, but his objections were always professional and fair. Happy for his success.
Outstanding piece. Lots of great insight. Dbacks and Rangers are a difficult pairing to analyze. I'm sure we will see some new and interesting heroics. And seven games.
Hope so. We'll also have to put up with a lot of meaningless babble about the poor TV ratings, unfortunately.
Thanks Wick. Knew little about the D'Backs prior to this season, but noticed them winning a little more and even stringing winning streaks together. But I certainly was no walking encyclopedia of D'Backs baseball. Right before the playoffs started I called cousins who live in Phoenix, wanting to pepper them with questions about the team because I live in a virtual wasteland of baseball news in the way down yonder of a football world. Much to my surprise, they knew little, not even that Arizona had made the playoffs. Yesterday's column helped build a solid foundation of Snakes baseball past and present and I look forward to the World Series with a pair of surprising teams that will make the eyes of television executives' water.
Gives me some small hope that my Cleveland team can get back to, and win, a World Series before I die.
Nice column and great details about all the D Back backgrounds.
Torey Lovullo was always a class act when I was working. We didn't always agree, kinda goes with the territory, but his objections were always professional and fair. Happy for his success.