Around Opening Day, the usual excitement prevails. For the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Sunday opener against the San Francisco Giants at home heralds in the Torey Lovullo Era and with this, a renewed sense of optimism and enthusiasm.
Each of the 30 major-league teams can take solace from the title of that 1949 Ray Milland film, It Happens Every Spring, and that would be the universal sense of hope. The Arizona Diamondbacks are no different in their high energy, but also, at the same time, tempered by an over-enthusiasm exhibited at this time last year.