Votes of confidence

Never have I seen a manager go from getting a vote of confidence to getting fired faster than what happened to Trey Hillman. To wit:

On Tuesday, May 11, the Kansas City Star published an article with this headline: Royals' Hillman gets support from Moore.

“Trey is a tremendous leader,” general manager Dayton Moore said, “somebody who is very consistent with who is he is day in and day out. He’s exactly what our organization needs at this point in time.”

Today, just two days later, Hillman got fired.

"We felt a change was required," Moore said.

Reminds me of the time I gave a vote of confidence to Rose, my favorite lady at Madam Josephine's club, only to meet Ruby a few days later. I told Rose, "I just felt a change was required." She took it like the professional lady she was.

Sure, from an outsider's perspective, it would have seemed a little weird. But Ruby was awesome and you would've been on my side if you'd been there.

Dayton Moore, if you're reading, I got your back.