Blue Jays 5, Royals 3: Poor KC

just a plain old foul ball but a neat photo imo

Despite lacklustre performances thus far from a few key players, the Toronto Blue Jays sit tied atop the American League East with the New York Yankees, each team with a record of nine wins and six losses; the Kansas City Royals, on the other hand, trail every other team in both leagues with their three wins and twelve losses (0-9 at home!), a mark that puts them in a statistical tie with my butt. All the evils that have befallen the Royals have been deserved, kind of, because it is all about totally dumb choices, but they still make you sad, a little.


But only a little, really, in all honesty. Most of my baseball feeling energy today was devoted to appreciating yet another bosslike performance from Ricky Romero who allowed only two runs on five hits in eight excellent innings of work, and had the infield not botched a big double play, that line would have been choicer still. But whatever, that's fine. On the offensive side of things, no single Blue Jay really stood out with the stick today, but it was nice to see Bausista walk a million times, which augers well, I think. He's struggling, but at least he's not just hacking up there, right? Stay selective, bro; stay selective. Tip of the cap to Brett Lawrie for scoring on a double steal today, a way better play than the attempted straight steal of home on an 0-2 count and the bases loaded and two outs and Jose Bautista at the dish that's right nobody will ever forget that you tried to do that that one time Brett Lawrie.


So tomorrow night it's Brandon Morrow, in whom I have no confidence, taking the hill against Bruce Chen as the Blue Jays go for the four-game streak that obviously I am totally up for, but at the same time it would not break my heart if the poor dumb Royals finally got a win at home, because I realize we are all just people, trying to be happy. 


KS