It was a solid performance for Hughes, a 27-year-old left-hander who was selected in the 11th round of the 2003 draft. He was 3-3 with a 3.50 ERA at Class AAA Omaha.
"He was outstanding," Hillman said. "When you bring a guy into that situation, you know it’s their major-league debut, you kind of take extra notice what you think their heart rate is, the look in their eyes. He wasn’t intimidated."
It's always about the eyes with Trey. He must have some 6th sense.
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If the team is relying on Dr. Trey and his human heartbeat monitor
it really explains so much about the season
by swing and a miss on Sep 7, 2009 12:18 PM EDT reply actions
maybe Nick Swartz just missed the cardiac arrest?
Or just told him to play through it.
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I wonder what Trey saw in Colon’s eyes Saturday night? They must have looked great. Afterall he got the nod over Soria in the 8th inning of a tie game. Soria must have had bad eyes on Saturday.
Thank God we have an eyeball seer as a manager. Otherwise the Royals might mistakenly trust the wrong guys to perform well on the field.
Hey Trey, stop peering soulfully into your players eyes and look at a damn stat sheet for a change. Your eyeball method isn’t working out too well for the team.
I hate this type of crap.
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Don’t show in the stats. It’s all about the intangibles.
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by philofthenorth on Sep 7, 2009 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Seems like there should be a joke about Eric Hosmer in here somewhere
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by buddyball on Sep 7, 2009 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I tell you what,
I can’t fucking stand Trey. I’m sure he’s a wonderful human being, but he honestly reminds me of a cross between Ron Burgundy-a guy that’s not very intelligent that tries to be intelligent by reading a lot of books, and Gunther Cunningham, if that makes sense. He seems very simple-minded to me.
You don’t have to be a rocket scientist out there, but a guy like Trey has brought absolutely NOTHING to the table. I don’t care if he’s been given crap to work with this year, he is just an awful failure as a manager. I really thought that his work in Japan would be a good sign, but he has shown me almost nothing so far.
The Indians, despite trading away the reigning Cy Young winner and several other very valuable pieces, have managed to go over .500 post ASB. The Royals’ failures are really incomprehensible by comparision, especially if you consider that we’ve got the presumptive Cy Young winner on the team.
I know that DM has said that Trey will be back, but I hold out hope that he will can him. I guess if DM is really taking responsibility for this disasterpiece then it really wouldn’t be fair to fire him, but I would hope he’ll at least be on a short leash for next year.
On another but somewhat related topic, I wonder if moving Davies and Hochevar to the bullpen next year would make sense. I could fix our bullpen issues and maybe help them to develop. Of course, then we would need to find at least two starters.
Things look bleak from my perspective, but HOPE prevails.
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by Home Run Tony Cogan on Sep 7, 2009 12:41 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
What pisses me off...
is the way the Rockies have played since shit canning Hurdle. I realize that MLB managers have the least influence over their teams compared to other sports, but man its depressing to see how they have played.
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Sep 7, 2009 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I've covered the problems in a fanpost
the summary
a) Trey didn’t have any Major League experience (playing/coaching) and the team was an older team
b) Trey never faced a situation where he was criticized for losing. In the minors, losing isn’t a huge deal. In Japan, he was a rock star (restaurants named after him, people loving on him no matter what)
c) Players in the Minors and Japan are different from veteran major leaguers. Therefore what he tried before wouldn’t work now.
Hillman’s act might work a bit better on a young team, but this isn’t a young team. Hillman burnt through his good will quickly and he will be a minus and not a plus on this team.
If you put Trey Hillman with the 2003 Royals, they probably lose between 85 to 90 games. Managers make a difference.
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Beat me to it.
And I’ve said it before, but the Trey/W similarities continue to be eerie.
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