Bring Billy back

There are a few really strange games every year involving big comebacks, and the Royals are usually on the losing end. Strangely, we had a feeling all day (Sunday) that the Royals were going to put some runs on the board and make a game out of it. Even more strangely, we started to feel more and more confident that we'd win as the game progressed. Weird.

Our new favorite player, of course, is Mike Aviles.

We've been hearing about Tim Lincecum for a long time now. He wasn't as good as promised yesterday.

It seems like we have some decent bullpen depth in Omaha. Why, then, are we subjected to this Fulchino guy, and where did he come from?

Unfortunately, a lot of our relievers are southpaws. Musser has absolutely demonstrated that he can pitch. And maybe Smokin John Bale will come off the DL some day. And Mahay has been very solid in the bigs. Time to trade Gobble.

That Rosa call up didn't last long.

Time to bring Billy back.

The Royals should have learned their lesson with TPJ. You can't go on and on with players who can't hit or aren't hitting for some reason. This means Gload. And Gathright.

Did you see where those outfielders were playing Gathright yesterday? We've seen T-ball outfielders play deeper and with more respect.

Jose Guillen, on the other hand, is a very strong, bad man. (We’re pretty sure he started to get really angry when we gave him the Jeremiah Wright Award in May. Ever since then, he’s been amazing.)

Gordon swings and misses too much when he’s not hitting the occasional bomb. Teahen strikes out too much. So it goes.

At least Gordon walks.

We know A LOT of runs were scored yesterday, but doesn't it seem like The K is playing more "spacious" than ever? Somebody look up how many home runs have been hit in Kansas City vs. other MLB parks this year. (We really wish we had the kind of readers who were overly anxious to impress with their ambitious analytical skills. Then again, that would be boring.)

We're going to be sad (for obvious reasons) when interleague play is over.

P.S. We went kayaking this weekend with junior. Now we want to buy a kayak. It just seems like it would be nice to be a kayak owner.

P.P.S. Some lesbians we know gave us the keys to their house (they went on a vacation) and we stayed over there Saturday and watched the game on their nice big TV. Sometimes it's nice to stay in a place where everything is clean and all of the appliances work and so on. Plus, they left some alcohol. Yeah, lesbians!