It’s Fundamental: The Royals Don’t Have Enough Talent
By CHRIS RASMUSSEN
Got it? No, you don’t.
After a few months, we can now review a time-honored rite of spring training baseball coverage: the yearly “Our Team Is Very Serious About Fundamentals This Season” story. This year’s version concerning the Royals contained two unique pieces of nuance:
a) Trey Hillman managed in Japan, a venue known for its fundamental approach, and therefore he will be able to import this knowledge upon American ballplayers.
b) Trey Hillman is willing to scold his team on the field in a spring training game for bad baserunning.
Four months later, here are the results:
