Even as the losses piled up, Trey Hillman never lost the respect of his players or the Kansas City Royals' management. It was evident in the way the Royals allowed him to manage one last game, in the tears that filled general manager Dayton Moore's eyes as he spoke about the man he hired to rebuild a struggling franchise. Those losses were just too hard to overlook. The Royals needed a change and, tough as it was, Hillman had to take the fall. Hillman became the first manager to get fired this season, bowing out with a graceful exit and a win in his final game on Thursday. Former Milwaukee Brewers manager Ned Yost will move from the front office to replace Hillman in the dugout for the remainder of the season. "I love Trey Hillman, I love him as a ... ," said Moore, who needed several seconds to compose himself before continuing. "Obviously, it's a very difficult decision. The process is very difficult, relationships that are formed are very strong, but at the end of the day we've got to make decisions that are best for our baseball team and our organization long-term and that's the conclusion that we made." http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5186895
