10 months ago
After coaching his squad to a nonaccomplishment successful nan World Series, Arizona Diamondbacks head Torey Lovullo now wants to suck his thumb and eat crystal cream, distant from nan glare of nationalist attention.
His squad fell to a 5-0 Game 5 conclusion connected Wednesday night, leaving them successful an intolerable position 4-1 down successful nan World Series, and starring to Texas Rangers securing its first ever championship.
'I want to tally distant and hide for a fewer days. I want to spell camping and conscionable beryllium successful nan shelter and suck my thumb and eat crystal cream,' Lovullo said successful nan aftermath of nan heartbreaking loss.
'Is that nan weirdest reply you guys person ever had? And conscionable fto it tally its people nan measurement it's expected to.
'Hurt erstwhile I'm expected to hurt, outcry erstwhile I'm expected to cry, consciousness bully erstwhile I'm expected to consciousness good.'
Torey Lovullo didn't clasp backmost erstwhile asked for his feelings aft losing nan World Series
The Texas Rangers sealed a 5-0 Game 5 triumph to springiness themselves an unassailable lead
Lovullo has been nan head of nan Diamondbacks since 2017, pinch his first play and this 1 representing his only postseason appearances starring nan franchise.
Two years ago, nan Diamondbacks vanished pinch a 52-110 record. The team's beforehand agency has stuck by him contempt that debased point.
Arizona improved this play and needed a brace of comeback victories to get retired of nan Wild Card information against nan Milwaukee Brewers.
The Diamondbacks were dense underdogs to some nan Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies successful nan adjacent 2 rounds of nan playoffs.
At nan extremity of a singular season, Lovullo is fresh to spell into hiding for a fewer weeks
Arizona swept nan 100-win Dodgers successful nan NLDS and came backmost from 2-0 and 3-2 bid deficits against nan Phillies to triumph nan National League pennant.
That each came to a halt against nan Rangers, who took down nan Diamondbacks successful 5 games, ending their first World Series quality successful 22 years connected a somber note.
'This is painful,' Lovullo said. 'This is conscionable plain painful, and I can't rather move past that correct now.'
