Orioles 10, Royals 1

the royals, once again, made the opposing team's pitcher look like an ace, in an attempt to show...well, while, yes, this is embarrassing, can everyone please shut up about the royals being "winless since trading beltran"? beltran is not superman – in fact, he probably would have taken the last couple of games off, jogging to balls, stealing no bases – yes, he can be a very good player, but this team would have lost regardless.

fortunately, I came down with this horrible sickness last night, so I listened to the game sprawled out on the floor, fending off death. "fortunately" because I didn't hear much of the game, only waking up to hear the following:

"Baltimore 1, Kansas City 0"
"Baltimore 2, Kansas City 0"
"Baltimore 4, Kansas City 0"
"Baltimore 8, Kansas City 0"
"..and your final score, the Orioles win it 10-1."

and all I remember thinking was, "huh, they scored one.."

anyway, so, after battling fiercely through the night, I wake up to this:

“I'm still trying to figure out what happened,” May said. “I felt I had good stuff.”

shut up, darrell.

this guy is part of the problem – not just because he's a weak pitcher, but because he just doesn't seem to be able to figure out why in the world he's doing so awful. for all these guys that we're told have a "feel for pitching" or "great baseball instincts", it sure doesn't seem like many of them actually do. you have may (and his prodigy chris george) who, after every horrible game, say something like, "I was really throwing the ball well, sometimes you just have a game like that." yeah, every game. I don't know if it's better, though, to hear brian anderson talk about how much he's sucked so far, and how he hopes to turn it around. the problem is these guys need to pitch with a little intelligence. they put themselves into holes so many times that there's no way they'll be effective unless they just plain get smarter.

so, now, brian anderson is returning to the starting rotation. there's no reason for this, unless we're either planning on getting rid of him during the next month or after this year. otherwise, he's worthless right now. I don't think reyes will continue to be effective, but they know that they're not on the hook for a few million dollars with reyes, whereas anderson needs to come through with something. unfortunately, we have to watch him do that. they're just hoping and praying they can hoodwink someone into thinking he's somehow "regained his form". hey, maybe they could have some scouts out to watch him throw BP to the royals!

and, joe randa goes to the DL. are we missing anything? formerly, maybe a little defense, but not since he was hurt. and, is defense that hard to find? his hitting is awful. no matter how many times I hear the radio people talk about how well he handles the bat, he sure doesn't seem to. just a very average guy. but he's in with god and all, I'm sure there's something in that. at least now we get to hear desi relaford stop whining about never playing, since he'll be playing a LOT...for no particular reason.

have we reached the point where we're just supposed to pretend juan gonzalez never happened?

of course, with all the injuries around here again this season, we get these words of wisdom from 'ol darrell:

“It's a different team,” pitcher Darrell May said. “It's tough to take, and it's frustrating. You work hard, and this is the result.”

how's that groin holding up, darrell? it might not hurt to change the team up a little more..