PHOENIX — When you think of moments from this season, what comes to mind? The players on locker room cleanout day said the entire season is one massive moment, but for Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo, his favorite postseason moment from this run came after their World Series exit.
Lovullo: “I just I was looking for some support emotionally, said manager Torey Lovullo. I didn't say to anybody, and I think my wife knew that. When I picked my head up, and they were back there and they were all making a heart, that was rough. That was super rough. But it was my favorite moment of the postseason. I loved what happened between the white lines. But when my wife asked me last night on the on the ride home and all the kids were in the car, I wasn't making it up when they asked me what was the best moment of the of the postseason. I said there were some there was 50 unbelievable ones, but one that took it over was what you guys did for me.”
After that moment, Lovullo broke down again on the podium when talking about the fans.
Lovullo: "I'm just sorry I didn't do my job to get us there, but I will… we all will.”
Lovullo doubled down on that statement 12 hours after the loss.
Lovullo: “I still stand by that I didn't do my job well enough to help us win a World Series I want to do that. I want to do that for everybody in this in this community and this state. So I'm sorry. And I'm going to learn, and I'm going to die trying to win a world championship as a manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks. That's my promise to them."
12 Sports asked Lovullo if there was anybody else he wanted to say thank you to. He started with the scouting department, then his media relations team and kept going.
Lovullo: “I woke up this morning and to a wall of text from family, friends loved ones in support of what we did as an organization. And it gave me a little bit more perspective. I had so much support and so many people inside of this organization that just kept pushing me and pushing me that I couldn't stop, and I didn't want to stop for them. Sometimes you do things for the person that's sitting next to you. I think in my mom who would send me texts. She would talk about hitting the ball with authority the other way. I mean, quote, 'make sure that Christian Walker can hit the ball with authority the other way because that's when he becomes very lethal.' A 91 year old mom telling me like that, then leave it up to me to go deliver that message. So I'm reminded of those conversations with my mom. There's an army of people that love me up every single day and I'm so grateful for that.”
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