Alright, so that sucked slightly sweaty llama testicles

...hey, get your mind out of the gutter, man, this is a family blog!

The game sucked. This one. Royals. Twins.

Truth be told, though, I'm not really deflated too much by this loss -- inasmuch as any team in a baseball game deserves a win, the Twins did. They had 5 more hits, and their bullpen allowed bupkis to the Royals hitters.

There were two really good things to come out of this game:

1. Jeff Francis - another good start. The man inspires some confidence in me, I will have to admit. I will also have to wonder at where his value will lie for the Royals come this Summer, too, if he's able to keep this up: trade chip for a contending team, or if he's able to pitch continuously w/o health issues, someone the Royals may be able to sign for maybe two years on the cheap? I'm pretty sure it's the former, but the Royals' contingency plans to field some semblance of a major league starting rotation all are currently in the minors. If he performs along these lines and doesn't get hurt, I don't think I'd be opposed to throwing 2 years and about $8 million at him, just to pull a dollar amount out of thin air.
2. The Royals offense - no, it wasn't good, really, but everybody did something, including Mike Aviles.

Okay, so all that being said -- hey Royals, don't let the Twinkies feel better about themselves at your expense, please...win tomorrow, alright? Then, you can go to Seattle and make the Mariners feel worse about themselves.