I was hoping that the first game after the trade deadline would show a spark of fight from this team. I wasn’t expecting them to go on a magical run to the Wild Card, but I was definitely thinking there would be some fight. I was wrong.
Anthony Desclafani, better known around here as Tony Disco, had been a pleasant surprise since he made his debut for the club earlier this year. His last appearance was in the last game I recapped last Friday when he pitched 4 hitless, scoreless innings of relief en route to a Diamondbacks extra innings win.