Torey Lovullo’s news conferences sometimes feel like counseling sessions, minus the $150 charge, cushy chairs and soft lighting.
He talks about the need to push frustration aside, live in the moment and enjoy today.
But he admits that’s not so easy when you manage the 2018 Diamondbacks, who have lost 13 of their last 18 and gone from first place in the NL West to six games out.
“Sports consume you,” Lovullo said, “and when you take our jobs as seriously as we do, it overruns you at times. So I try to not allow it to happen, but it’s almost impossible at this time of the year.