Look, I don’t know what river the Red Sox pulled Manny Ramirez out of before the game, but it didn’t matter. Shilling looked terrible and Gil Meche looked like a legitimate major league pitcher today.
Tony Pena, Jr. will probably never hit another triple in the major leagues, but I think the core of the Royals line up can be reasonably expected to have more games like today’s than not.
Grudzielanek, Teahen and Sweeney all had hits in the heart of the order. DeJesus was just off and put up an 0-fer, but John Buck decided to pretend it was September and jacked a home run to the deepest part of Kaufman Stadium.
Defensively, the Royals threw out two Red Sox trying to advance, both by wide margins, which says more about the Red Sox on the base paths than the Royals in the field, but I’ll take it.
All in all, a good day for the team and the beleaguered fans.
For one day, the Royals are tied for first in the American League Central, and the literati can shut up about Gil Meche and his millions of dollars.
