brief Royals post

Joe Posnanski hits it right on the head today . . . we are no better than we were 5 years ago - we're worse!

"In the late innings of Wednesday’s game between the Royals and Minnesota Twins, Kansas City Royals manager Trey Hillman made two absolutely remarkable moves.
In the seventh inning, he pinch hit Luis Hernandez for Tony Pena Jr.
In the ninth inning, he pinch hit Tug Hulett for Luis Hernandez.
You know, in many ways, this might be the crescendo of this preposterous decade for Kansas City Royals baseball. Yes, there have been funnier moments, sadder moments, more poignant moments. Yes, you could make a case for the time Tony Pena Sr. jumped in the shower with his clothes on or the time Buddy Bell said “Things can always get worse” or the time that pitcher Darrell May griped that he could not even get a no-decision or the time that Tony Jr. dropped a pop-up because he was blinded by the sun because wasn’t wearing sunglasses because his sunglasses, though ordered, had not been delivered.
But when you have a manager in the late innings of a close game using Luis Hernandez to pinch-hit for Tony Pena and then Tug Hulett to pinch hit for Luis Hernandez, well, at that point it might be time to seriously re-evaluate what kind of baseball organization you have become. Or way past time."