Valverde Blows The Save Then Byrdak And Fulchino Lose The Game

Not that I'm just blaming the pitchers, mind. Bourn, Tejada, Keppinger, Berkman and Pence were ALL of em ofer ELEVEN innings. grrrrrrrrrr The Royals crappy pitcher threw 93 pitches over 7 innings. Roy threw 106 pitches over 6 innings. The Astros hitters won't take pitches, swing at first pitches, swing at pitches out of the strike zone (and, by the way - this is true from the AAA club all the way down to Rookie League) and essentially can't seem to drive in runs. grrrrrrrrrrr I didn't like watching Roy pace out thre last night - he used to be the epitome of - throw strikes, work quickly. Not any more. I wonder how much he likes throwing to Pudge. Who, by the way, is everything everyone hated about Brad Ausmus for years. and don't get me started on Coop again with his insistence on pulling Carlos Lee for one of our banjo hitters EVERY FREAKING GAME. And WHY is Tejada not hitting in the 2-hole, where he hit like crazy? I notice fewer and fewer people in the stands - I wonder if Drayton has. I wonder if it has hit him yet that we're not the Cubs and he isn't going to fill the stands with a team like this. Yeah, the 05 team didn't hit much - basically Mo Ensberg was the ONLY guy who hit with MOB, walked and hit for power every single month. Not these guys. sigh Not sure how much worse this team is going to have to get before Drayton takes action, as he did in September 07.