There's a glimmer of hope for frustrated Royals fans. In today's Kansas City Star, David Glass is quoted as saying, "We are not willing to wait to see if it gets better."
He also said "If it doesn't turn around, we'll have to change things. We can't wait too long. I'm not willing to go through a season like we did last year. None of us are."
This is the first real indication from Glass that he truely wants to avoid a 100-loss season. If he's going to shake things up, it surely would start with GM Allard Baird. I believe Baird is a good person and a great baseball scout. But it's just not working as a GM. Since Baird took over in June of 2000, the Royals are 370-551. Despite his best efforts in rebuilding the team, the Royals major league team is the worst in baseball, and there isn't a lot of depth in their farm system. At this point, there is no real indication of progress with Baird's plan.
Things have gotten so bad that even eternally positive columnist Joe Posnanski took a break from his break (he was taking 6 weeks off to complete a book on Buck O'Neil) to write about the Royals. He was right to the point:
"The Royals have to fire Allard Baird." He concluds with "...There's really no way around this. It just has to happen."
Let's go get 'em.
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