Manager’s Special: W.S. Notes

Only Arizona Diamondbacks’ manager Torey Lovullo, among the six N.L. managers in or with the best chances to be in the baseball tournament, has neither played on or managed a W.S. winning team.

Only Joe Maddon of the current champion Cubs has managed a title team while the others L.A.’s Dave Roberts, Washington’s Dusty Baker, Colorado’s Bud Black, and Milaukee’s Craig Counsell all played on title teams.