During his tenure as owner of the Kansas City Royals, David Glass has been called a great many things. Until recently, the vast majority of these phrases have not been exactly things that could be repeated on a family friendly site. Yet, the vast majority of these epithets involved some semblance of the word ‘cheap.’
That reputation for being cheap was well deserved. Glass was a part of the trust that pared down the Royals payroll and turned them from a winning franchise to a laughingstock. With rare exceptions, like Gil Meche and Jose Guillen, the Royals did not spend in free agency.