Well, at least the Royals forced Sir Sidney out of the game by the ninth inning. In a way, I'm glad we gave the old Aruban one last nice start before he fades back into horribleness. We can file it next to our DVD of Livan Hernandez's similarly dominating performance of a supposedly up-and-coming lineup. It was a special day, to be sure. We'll all remember these special moments, moments that only a true artiste like W.C. Heinz or Buzz Bissinger can truly capture.

I don't know what's more damning, that Hillman has randomly moved DeJesus into the third spot, behind Gathright and Grudz, or that the KC lineup is so impotent that putting a player who has never hit double-digit homers at #3 is still an improvement on many other options. The consistent yanking around of Gordon is just stupid. Oh, he's the seven-hitter now. Why? Because he had two bad games? It's not the reason the Royals won or lost, but it is nevertheless reflective of a dumb thought-process. Roughly akin to, say, rearranging your living room furniture because you disliked an episode of Lost. Well, we've got to shake things up, don't we? Or get him comfortable, or whatever it is this week.

Sidney Ponson will make his second start of the season this afternoon against the Royals, looking to build on a strong performance last week against the Twins.

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Sidney Ponson is still in baseball? Yes, yes he is. I must have lost track somewhere after his random time in St. Louis.

Sir Sidney will square off against Zack Greinke (1.25 ERA), as Zack looks to improve on a 3.27 career ERA in Arlington. With a victory on today's getaway day the Royals can begin claiming huge chunks of territory in Oklahoma. We'll start in Tulsa and Enid, and work our way south.

- One pre-game link worth checking out. Mellinger's Q&A with Teahen.