Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
17%
4 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Toronto Star's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
3
Sports
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
PHOENIX (AP) — Torey Lovullo has said the same phrase several times over the past seven years, even as fans and sometimes reporters rolled their eyes at the Arizona Diamondbacks manager’s optimism.
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fans → say → optimism
“Pavin Smith can hit,” Lovullo would say.
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Lovullo → hit → ?
And on Saturday night, he finally did, injecting some life into the D-backs’ slim playoff hopes by smacking a game-ending, two-run homer in the ninth inning for a 5-3 win over the New York Yankees.
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he → inject → Yankees
Entering as a pinch-hitter, the left-hander ripped a cutter from Michael Fulmer over the right-field wall.
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hander → enter → wall
The D-backs pulled within four games of Philadelphia for the final NL wild card with seven games remaining.
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backs → pull → games
“I’m never looking to be proven right,” Lovullo said.
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Lovullo → look → ?
“I’m just trying to put players in the best position to be successful and when they have success I share it with them.
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I → try → them
But I do believe Pavin can hit.”
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Pavin → believe → ?
Smith has had an up-and-down career with the D-backs after being selected with the No. 7 overall pick in the 2017 amateur draft after a stellar three seasons in college at Virginia.
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Smith → have → Virginia
He has a career batting average of .241 with 47 homers, but has been worth exactly 0.0 wins above replacement, according to baseball-reference.com.
uncertain
He → have → baseball-reference.com
The 30-year-old looked like he might finally be ready for his breakout season this spring, but he developed bone spurs in his elbow in March and needed surgery.
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he → look → surgery
That knocked him out of action for roughly two months.
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That → knock → months
He returned to the lineup on June 1, but looked lost at the plate.
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He → return → plate
The low point came on July 9 when he was designated for assignment by the only organization he had ever known.
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he → come → organization
At the time, he was hitting .141.
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he → hit → .141
Smith cleared waivers, meaning 29 other teams didn’t think he was worth picking up.
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he → clear → waivers
Then the D-backs sent him back to Triple-A Reno, where he slowly regained confidence in his swing.
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he → send → swing
Now he’s making big contributions at a critical stage of the season.
“It felt really good,” Smith said.
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Smith → make → season
“There were lots of times this year when I didn’t feel like I could ever hit again.
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I → be → times
I think that happens to a lot of people.
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that → think → people
Lovullo said their might have been a little magic in the air for the D-backs since so many franchise legends were in the building, including Luis Gonzalez, whose bloop single off Yankees closer and Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning of Game 7 scored Jay Bell for a 3-2 win.
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single → say → win
“Gonzo hit a walk-off about 25 years ago and to be able to do it on the (celebration) night is pretty cool,” Smith said.
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Smith → hit → night
“It’s a full stadium.
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It → ’ → ?
Every pitch felt like it mattered more and to pull it out in the end feels good.”
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pull → feel → end
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