Arizona Diamondbacks manager thanks Chris Iannetta: ‘Was a great influence’

Posted Aug 10, 2020
As the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Zoom call with reporters was about to end Saturday afternoon, manager Torey Lovullo said he had another topic he wanted to talk about. “Chris Iannetta, I understand that today he announced his retirement,” Lovullo said. “I just want to publicly say congrats Chris on an unbelievable career and good luck in the next chapters.” (Arizona Sports)

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