You’ve heard these stats before but I’m going to tell you them again. Because you need to hear them again. You need to really internalize them. Inject them into your veins, as the kids say (disclaimer: McCovey Chronicles and Vox Media do not encourage injecting anything into your veins, unless administered by a healthcare professional).
Entering Tuesday night’s game against the San Francisco Giants, the Arizona Diamondbacks had lost 11 straight games. They had lost 28 of their last 31 games. They had lost 20 consecutive road games.
The last time the DBacks won a game outside of Phoenix was when Madison Bumgarner threw a seven-inning no-hitter on April 25.