After a comeback win in Minnesota that the Royals never did in previous years against Scott “Cy Young” Baker, the internet community gave high fives and butt slaps to Bloomquist, Guillen, Callaspo, and even Meche for not pussin’ out with back problems. All props are well deserved and valid, but the star of the game was not mentioned once. Yes, Alberto Callaspo (my drinking buddy) hit the game leading double to break the game wide open in the 7th and made the 1st out at 3rd base which is a major no-no, but reading signs and speaking English are not his strong points, so I’m going to let it slide. But the biggest play of the game was made before Alberto took the first pitch.
Flashback: Alberto walks to the plate. Jacobs is on second and DeJesus is on first. Nobody out. Minnesota is leading 5-4. Royals are on the road and have a hitter who has 1 career homerun. What do you do? Bunt him right? Wrong. 1st Pitch, bunt sign off. 6 pitches later, Alberto gets a 3-2 fastball and drives it to the gap.
The star of the game is the coach, Trey “Hairy-balls” Hillman for not putting on the bunt and allowing Callaspo to swing away. Say what you may about our hairy little friend’s bad bullpen decisions, but don’t be shy to give credit where it’s due.
