Billy Butler: Athlete

We listened to yesterday's Padres-Royals game.

At one point, Billy Butler, who was playing first, was taking a throw from the outfield at second base. This had something to do with the fact that Mark Teahen doesn't know how to play second base.

If you needed a home run to win a game, you'd want Joel Peralta on the mound.

The Padres announcers are really, really bad. They like to bag on the Royals for sucking, and it's killing them that the Padres are going to really suck. At one point, one of the announcers wanted it to make it perfectly clear that San Diego did, in fact, have a better record than the Nats last year.

We aren't worried about Kyle Davies as the No. 3 starter.

We're starting to wonder if the No. 5 starter is going to be Ponson. This doesn't worry us either, which is weird. HoRam is headed for the bullpen, if the Royals are honest with themselves. Bannister is headed for Omaha, if the Royals are honest with themselves. Yeah, we could live with Ponson as the No. 5 starter. We bet he would be slightly better than the average No. 5 starter, which is a good thing, and he'd also give Royals fans somebody to make fun of for being a fat drunk, etc., which is also a good thing.

Yesterday, after Butler walked or got a single or something, the Padres announcers were very concerned about whether or not the Royals were going to put the hit-and-run on; they were fretting about whether or not the pitcher was going to do a good job of holding the runner, Butler, who was probably stretching his lead to approximately 10 centimeters from the bag. That is all you need to know about the Padres announcers.

P.S. Moo Moo Mizzou!