Twenty years ago, the Arizona Diamondbacks won their first World Series. The twentieth anniversary of that season has been anything but a triumph.
The D'Backs have lost their 10th straight game falling 10-3 to the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday. This is bad enough but it is their second double digit losing streak of the 2021 season.
Things did look promising for the D'Backs at the end of April. After winning 9 of their final 11 games of the month, the D'Backs were 14-12 and only two games back of the San Francisco Giants for first place in the NL West. Since then, the D'Backs have lost 34 of their last 40 games and are now 20.5 games back of the Giants. Things don't look any more promising as the D'Backs begin a four game series with the Giants in San Francisco before heading home to face the Los Angeles Dodgers and then the Milwaukee Brewers who are currently tied for first place in the NL Central.
In May, the D'Backs had a 13-game losing streak and June hasn't been any better. After beating the New York Mets in extra innings on June 1st, the D'Backs have lost 10 in a row. Since May 15th, the D'Backs are 2-24.
Heads have already rolled. Last week, the D'Backs fired hitting coach Darnell Coles and assistant hitting coach Eric Hinske. Can D'Backs manager Torey Lovullo be far behind? His contract expires at the end of the season. Lovullo took over the reins of the D'Backs in 2017. That year the D'Backs earned a NL Wild Card spot and Lovullo was named NL Manager of the Year. Since then the D'Backs haven't gone anywhere. Even if the D'Backs stick with Lovullo the rest of this season it is inconceivable that he will be their manager in 2022.
In the meantime, the Arizona Diamondbacks' long season is barely a third over.
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