I'd rather see them go out and pound tequilas than eating cookies and drinking milk. You don't have to be a great player to be a leader. In the last two games, the Royals had six errors and gave up nine unearned runs. We thought we'd come home and show a team in our division we were for real. But we didn't do anything right the whole series.
Expectations create pressure.
He wouldn't name names, but he was probably referring to Jermaine Dye, Mike Sweeney and Joe Randa. I don't think we need vocal leadership. These guys know what it takes to win. Kansas City's fortunes weren't helped any Thursday by center-fielder Carlos Beltran leaving the game with tightness in his left hamstring after he scored in the first inning. Beltran could be out for a while, and Muser indicated the Royals may make a move today to get some help.