Pena's boast

This is taken from an article on mlb.com:

Pena, who before the game boasted that he likes to go against conventional baseball theory, kept his team aggressive on the bases -- so much so that the Royals ran themselves out of two innings before breaking through against Orioles starter Erik Bedard (3-3).

Why would Pena boast about going against conventional baseball theory when his team is off to the worst start in franchise history?