What did I miss?

Quite a bit I guess -more losing, more managerial ineffectiveness, and a ranyban. Between working long hours and a computer that seems to decide when it wants to cooperate I haven't had the chance to post or really keep up that much with my favorite team. I also got a new toy that seems to be monopolizing my time. Hopefully now I'm back on track. I had some ideas for topics that I couldn't get to so I'm gonna just throw them all in here, Antonio-style.

• Put me in the camp that thinks both Trey and DM should be fired. DM preached OBP last winter and then acquired two guys with below league average on-base skills. They both did well early but now Crisp is done for the year (wouldn't Ramon Ramirez' 1.80 ERA look good in the 8th inning?) and Jacobs is batting .167/.252/.260 in his last 30 games. His slugging percentage, aka his only redeeming quality, is down to a pedestrian .410. (By the way Leo Nunez' ERA is 3.86, among Royal relievers with 20+ IP only Soria's is better. I'm just saying.) Any GM that puts TPJ and Luis Hernandez on a 25 man roster at the same time should be fired immediately. And finally there is the whole Horacio debacle. Every single blogger knew this wouldn't work but the man at the controls thought it would, now that is just sad.
  
• Brayan Pena's small sample size success (117 OPS+) really makes the decision to bring back John Buck more confusing and is another mark against DM.
  
• Luke Hochevar is not a bust. Don't call him that. Since rejoining the rotation June 6th he has gone 3-1 with a 2.94 ERA while giving up an outstanding 5.6 hits per 9 innings. Again this was the guy I wanted on draft day 2006 so his recent success is encouraging. He may never be a #1 starter but I think he can develop into a nice #2.