Trey Hillman named new Royals Manager

[E.J.]

royals.mlb.com[/url]"]The Kansas City Royals today announced they have reached an agreement on a multi-year contract with Trey Hillman as manager. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Hillman, 44, is currently managing the Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan's Pacific League and will be introduced to the Kansas City media in a 2:00 p.m. press conference on Monday afternoon in the interview room at Kauffman Stadium.

 

"I am delighted to announce that we have hired Trey Hillman as our manager," said Dayton Moore, Senior Vice President and General Manager. "He is an exceptional person with a great passion to lead. He is the perfect choice for our organization.

 

"Trey has spent the last five seasons turning the Nippon Ham Fighters into one of the top success stories in Japanese baseball, including three trips to the post-season," Moore added. "In fact, the reason we are unable to introduce Trey today is because his club has just advanced to the finals of the Japan Series, where they will resume play on Oct. 27. We also want to respect the fact that the Indians and Red Sox are in a battle for the American League title and we don't want to do anything to detract from the excitement of that series."

 

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

The Ham Fighters??? They're fighting ham!

[Post Count Padder]

Interesting. I think he could do well with a good team.

 

However, he's with the Royals. It will be interesting to see what he does with all that young talent, though.

[Mephistopheles]

They are really just the Fighters. Nippon Ham is the company that owns them. Hokkaido is the island where they play (the big one north of THE big one).

 

But seriously Ham Fighters would be an awesome name.

[UK1679666180]

A very good hire by the Royals, has he been a better fit for what the Cubs are trying to do, he would've been an exceptional hire.

[nilodnayr]

They are really just the Fighters. Nippon Ham is the company that owns them. Hokkaido is the island where they play (the big one north of THE big one).

 

But seriously Ham Fighters would be an awesome name.

 

Especially if their team was comprise only of Jews and Indians.

[sethuel1]

They are really just the Fighters. Nippon Ham is the company that owns them. Hokkaido is the island where they play (the big one north of THE big one).

 

But seriously Ham Fighters would be an awesome name.

 

I think vance is making a joke out of the fact that we've definitely had posts detailing that they're just the fighters (I've stated so several times), but nobody actually cares.