The Royals, despite their lagging 9-19 record, have been getting quite a few men on base. During tonight's game alone, the Boys in Blue recorded 10 hits without getting one man across home plate. Luckily for the Royals Esteban German came through and hit a three run shot to bring in win number 9, but how many games have they been in that have turned from hopeful to heartbreaking as quick as a back to back strikeout of Alex Gordon and Tony Peña Jr?
Of course, that's not to say that Dayton Moore isn't trying. Yesterday brought the Major League Debut of Billy Butler, one of the Royals' top prospects. At a mere 21 years of age, this rookie has shown comfort at the AAA level and is showing a pretty confident level of competence at the plate up in the bigs.
The future has a hopeful glimmer to it (that's barely visible from where I stand). With the way things are going as of right now though, Royals fans have slim pickings for their poison: weak ground outs, fly outs, double plays, and a team favorite: the strikeout.
