• Evan Grant takes me to task and Adam Morris defends me. Life is good.

• I almost posted something last week about John Henry's wedding, but didn't (maybe because the older I get, the less enjoyment I derive from making fun of people). Anyway, now I'm really glad I didn't, because it looks like the original stories might have been mostly bunk.

• Does anyone else get the impression that the Royals are floundering, organizationally? One of their biggest and most optimistic fans is Rany Jazayerli, right? Well, Rany's now persona non grata at Kauffman Stadium (more on that here). Meanwhile, Joe Posnanski -- who's not as big a fan as Rany, but has often been even more optimistic -- last week wrote scathing commentary on consecutive days (here and here). The Royals can't hit, they can't field, and they can't run the bases. As usual, they're short on top prospects. And nothing ever seems to change, really.

• Hey, since when did players get so smart? (Of course, then he went out yesterday afternoon and poked a hole in his own theory.)

• It happened about a week earlier than I'd guessed, but the Rangers had little choice: they had to send Chris Davis down. The guy just struck out too much. He's only 23, and might eventually get back to where he was.

• I don't usually care much, which two of 10 guys is chosen by the fans to fill out the All-Star rosters ... but will it really be an All-Star Game without Kung Fu Panda? I was lucky enough to be at the ballpark Friday night when 1) I saw my first video review in person (which was cool, 2) Panda tripled and homered -- and by the way, he's a lot faster than you think -- and 3) the Giants scored 13 runs on 14 hits in the first three innings ... and managed zero runs and one hit the rest of the way. It's a funny game, this baseball.