A Royal Implosion

An 11 run ninth inning did the Royals in tonight. Imagine that. They only had a 7-2 lead to begin the inning and then one of the biggest implosions in history took place. From Angel Berroa dropping and then kicking a ball, to Chip Ambres dropping the third out, to Emil Brown misplaying a ball and falling down…this was an absolute embarrassment. Little league teams don't give up 11 runs in the last inning—or any inning. This team is beyond bad. Players are talking about opposing fans laughing at them. I'll be surprised if Royals fans aren't laughing at them after this game.

Where do I start? Maybe with Bell's decision to leave MacDougal in the game when he obviously didn't have a clue how to get anybody out. How can a manager leave a guy in the game, with the game on the line, and allow him to give up 7 runs (5 earned because of our Bad News Bears antics) on 6 hits? When Bell finally did take him out, he brought in Jimmy Gobble, who gave up 4 more runs (1 earned).

If this game isn't an indication that we have guys who don't belong here, I don't know what is. Angel Berroa has been horrible this season—both offensively and defensively. Let's either dump him to another team who is gullible enough to believe that he's the same guy who won the Rookie of the Year a few seasons ago or just release him. And Jimmy Gobble doesn't belong in the major leagues either. His ERA is 7.94. Enough said. And Donnie Murphy is our starting second baseman. He's hitting .209. His back up is Denny Hocking. Wow. Anyone else missing Tony Graffanino?

"I don't think I've ever been through a game like that," Bell said after the game. He went on to say, "Hopefully this is rock bottom, because if it's not…I don't know."

Me either Buddy. Me either.