When the Arizona Diamondbacks introduced Torey Lovullo as the eighth manager in franchise history Monday morning, he said all the right things and in all the right ways.
Still, the task ahead is daunting.
When smiles fade and microphones fall silent, Lovullo is left with trying to address a trend which all too unsettling. The mark of a losing team hangs above Chase Field like stale cigar smoke. Whether Lovullo as the third Arizona manager in the past four years is an issue, that does not seem to bother general manager Mile Hazen and his new regime.