For all the hiccups and swerves and exasperating moments that came with general manager Dayton Moore’s fantasy to save the Royals, maybe none was more personally deflating to Moore than firing Trey Hillman on May 13, 2010.
Since taking over in mid-2006, Moore already had cashiered the man he inherited, Buddy Bell in 2007. That was in favor of Hillman, whom Moore considered a great friend and the man to steer them out of a generation of futility.
When the Royals mustered a 152-207 record in two seasons-plus under Hillman, though, Moore was compelled to make another change — a change that surely left him doubting where this was all going.