Time steals details, but memories and emotions remain.
How old was Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo when Loretta Lynn came over for dinner with his family? Was he 10, 11? Does it matter?
What about the story of his cool-as-lemonade father, Sam Lovullo, an L.A. powerbroker, losing his composure during a business call. “Torey’s hit a home run! I gotta go,” he said, according to Sandy Brokaw, a publicist. It couldn’t have happened exactly as Brokaw recalls. But so what?
The remembrances illustrate the influence and love that have ineffably touched and shaped the Diamondbacks’ season, a charmed run filled with clutch hits and close wins.