Royally Screwed

Our local alternative weekly paper has the dirt on the alleged personal problems of Tony Peña, who abruptly resigned as the KC Royals manager the night before he was scheduled to submit testimony in a divorce case. If you manage to read to the "baby monitor" question -- well, just "yikes".

It's a shame. I had liked Peña, he seemed like a good guy. During the Royals' amazing 2003 season (where they started 16-3 and contended until September), I had scoured both the stadium shops and the Internet looking to buy a Peña jersey. (I found out the MLB doesn't sell managers' jerseys). Since that season, however, his team was a complete train wreck -- a combined 64-129.

One local sportswriter today seems surprised that the city seems to be trying its best to quickly forget the guy. I suppose it's this: when you've hit bottom, there's nowhere to look but up.