Another day, another loss

A's 6 Royals 2
W-Zito (3-3), L-Anderson (1-5)
Royals Season Record: 11-24

Zito didn't look sharp and Anderson was keeping the ball down. Everything looked good, but watching this one, I had the feeling that we were going to need more than just the two runs Randa drove in with his triple in the first inning. But after six innings, Anderson still held a 2-1 lead. An Oakland rally in the seventh changed all that, giving them a 4-2 lead.

Grimsley gave up a double in relief of Anderson, but he got out of the inning. Leskanic pitched impressively in the eight, giving up no hits or runs and for the ninth, Pena curiously brought in Shawn Camp. With a fresh bullpen, why he brought in Camp instead of Huisman, Field, or Cerda—all of whom are supposed to be in during the late innings according to Pena, I have no idea.

Erubiel Durazo smashed a home run to center field and I'm looking out at the bullpen. Nobody was up. Damian Miller walks—still nobody up. As Bobby Crosby steps to the plate, we finally had some action—way, way, way too late. Crosby ripped a ball down the left field line and then after Camp finally gets an out, Pena brought in Cerda. He gave up a sacrifice fly to score another run and then gets out of the inning. But with the score 6-2, it might as well have been 60-2.

But with two outs in our half of the ninth, Berroa singled. At that point, I'm thinking, "If Pena doesn't hit for buck-forty-three-man Adrian Brown I'm going to scream." Juan Gonzalez unexplainedly had the day off. Why exactly does a guy need a day off this early in the season when he isn't nursing an injury and the following day is an off day? Again, with Pena, who knows?

Rather than wake Gonzalez from his sleep on the bench, Pena lets overmatched Adrian Brown face Arthur Rhodes and yes, I screamed. I honestly don't think Pena is fit to manage a baseball team—at any level. I know he won manager of the year last year, but the Royals won in spite of him.

How does he expect fans to "believe" when it seems like he doesn't? Why not pinch hit for Brown—in fact, what in the world is Brown doing in the major leagues anyway? Let alone, starting two games in a row in left field.

And if Aaron Guiel has been dealing with vision problems and not just sitting in Pena's doghouse, then why wait until now to put him on the DL? He was taking up a roster spot when we desperately needed help in the outfield.

Now we have brought up Wilton Gurrero who was hitting .311 in Omaha. He's the brother of Vladimir. Let's hope he hits like him.