The Diamondbacks are 8 wins away from winning their second-ever championship in the franchise’s history. But for a lot of players on the team, this will be their first championship that they win ever.
I don’t believe it will mean more to anybody than it will to Evan Longoria if they happen to win it this season. Longoria burst onto the scene in 2008 when he was on the Tampa Bay Rays. In that season, he posted a 127 OPS+ with 27 home runs and 85 RBI in 122 games.
He won AL Rookie of the Year honors and helped lead the Tampa Bay Rays to the 2008 World Series.