PHOENIX —
Torey Lovullo is L.A. through and through: born in Santa Monica, son of a Hollywood producer, played his high school ball at the old Montclair Prep in Van Nuys, starred at UCLA. He managed the Arizona Diamondbacks into the World Series last year, but he cannot persuade his friends and extended family to surrender their allegiance to the hometown Dodgers.
“About 80% of my family,” Lovullo said, “are Dodger fans.”
He goes to neighborhood holiday parties, where the talk is how great the Dodgers are going to be with Mookie Betts or Shohei Ohtani or whoever.