But the Royals, being the Royals, found they had a difficult choice. Sort of a cosmic choice,...

But the Royals, being the Royals, found they had a difficult choice. Sort of a cosmic choice, really.

Do you send down:

A) Luis Hernandez
or
B) Tony Pena Jr.

Philosophers have pondered this question right there with the chicken and the egg one. The correct answer, Aristotle said, is "You send down both." But Aristotle had a very weak understanding of the Royals minor league system.

Posnanski

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Great post, thanks for the link

Another good one by Pos!

soon to change name to, "The Not So Curious Case of Benjamin Bratt"

by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jul 7, 2009 11:13 PM EDT reply actions

Update: The Royals apparently stuck with Tony Pena Jr. because of his "lateral movement." Well, that makes more sense. With better lateral movement, the Royals can play Pena in more bump-and-run coverages.

by Top Ramen on Jul 7, 2009 11:47 PM EDT reply actions

I heard that "lateral movement" crap

On Hillman’s show the other night. It was said again yesterday or today about Freel. Unfortunately, 1) lateral movement does not guarantee that you actually get the ball in the glove, and 2) the last time I checked, you cannot use lateral movement in any way to hit a baseball.

“Lateral movement” is not even a tool, it’s like a fifth of a tool. And apparently that’s all it takes to be a SS in the Royals organization. Yay, us!

Yeah, it was a stupid screen name.

by CentralChamps2009 on Jul 7, 2009 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions