Just because you don't have the ability to hit doesn't mean you can't teach how to hit.

<----Optimist

:p

Holy shit, I was looking up potential replacements for Sveum at 3rd and read that the Human Turbine Dave Owen is Dir of Player Development for Detroit. Another kick to the balls.

And how does Dyson feel about this?

What a malaise.

The only thing Sveum knows about major league hitting is, he couldn't do it.

And does this mean that Pedro is on the outs now? I thought George Brett liked Pedro?

I'm looking forward to the Comedy Gold of listening to Baghdad Hud trying to polish the turd for the next few weeks. Should be some serious spin meistering!

Why are you replacing the hitting coach when the leader in the leader of the team, Yost, claims the problem is there is a void in leadership???

Going to have to sacrifice Ned just to shake things up.

Anyone else rooting for a disaster roadtrip so we can stop caring...what a worthless move the players suck

Decapitated Ned head rolling down the stadium stairs like an Aztec sacrifice...

I was fine with the Aoki get too, but that was on the basis that he would get on base (aka not strike out) be fast and be able to score runs, even if his D wasn't great. He is on pace for 80 strikeouts right now (last year he had 40 and the year before that he had 55). Point being, we did not get the advertised guy. My question is how does a guy that has been a solid OBP guy for his career suddenly start striking out all the time. Does our system f up guys that quickly, geez?

As the story goes, CRYson, Hosmer and some other non descript, light hitting player showed up at the 810 Zone at Harrah to watch the Mayfield fight. The place had been packed since 7pm. Fight was around 11pm.
They weren't allowed in. As revenge for that "snub" Dyson, Hosmer and others encouraged other players (Danny Valencia- who had a big hit the previous night) to boycott talking to 810.
That took about 20 seconds to hit Twitter and reveal the players as ridiculously soft and petulant, much like their manager and GM, who the previous day had a hissy fit because the press continued to ask the age old question: "Why is Poostakous not being sent down?
And he wanted to talk about the pitching.

The result of that is the Royals have gone 3-7 since showing their collective asses to the world.

Aoki is Dyson, except he speaks Japanese instead of Mississippi. You can knock the bat out of either guy's hand.

Death by stoning with Aoki as his only defense.