Todays Reasons Why Trey Hillman Must Be Fired

The Royals continue to win in spite of their manager. Continuing a season long tradition of making decisions that contradict the statements made by Trey Hillman, Trey Hillman shuffles away with his lineup. Now that the Royals no longer have 3 catchers, playing both of his catchers in the same lineup leaves him hamstrung in the later innings. Pinch hitting for his DH, John Buck, means that Mike Jacobs is on the hook to catch should an injury occcur. Pinch Hitting for Miguel Olivo means he looses his DH for the rest of the slugfest that was the Royals 10-7 win Saturday night.

This conondrum does not explain why Trey Hillman refused to hit for Pena JR in the 10th. Unacceptable to allow the Royals all time worst offensive player to hit in that situation with both Teahen and Jacobs ready and waiting. Why did he not hit for Pena? Two possible reasons in my mind; first the Royals don't believe Willie Bloomquist can really play shortstop and therefore they needed Pena to stay in the game, second, Trey Hillman doesn't know how to win baseball games. On the first possibility, if they really don't intend to let Bloomquist play shortstop the entire season, then why is he on the roster? On the second option, Trey Hillman must learn that his ego has no bearing on the outcome of the game, and it must be put out of mind when making decisions. Yes, perhaps he went to the defensive subs a bit too early in an offensive game, but I think had he swallowed his ego and hit for Pena, no one would have questioned him on that move.

Also fun to watch last night was the use of Ron Mahay as a LH specialist, which we know from listening to Trey Hillman, he is not.