“We don’t expect them to roll over,” [Andrew] Miller said of the D-backs. “They’ve been a good team all year. I know they’re not reaching their goal of making the playoffs, but they’re a good team. I know Torey from my time in Boston, and he’s not going to let them do that. You want to play teams that care and are fighting and giving it everything they got. Certainly, that’s what they did.”
Every professional sports team plays with the goal of making it to the postseason and winning a championship. Playing spoiler against other teams well on their way towards that goal isn’t much to brag about.