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Royals banking on youngsters

By Jerry Crasnick
ESPN Insider

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Fresh off a 58-win fiasco in 2004, Kansas City general manager Allard Baird told everyone that the team's season-opening trip to Detroit and Anaheim was of paramount importance. Ten players on Kansas City's 25-man roster had never experienced a major-league Opening Day before this year, and the last thing they needed was to christen the season by getting flogged. "I said before the season that we couldn't come back from the trip at 1-5 or 0-6," Baird said. "We have so many young, inexperienced ...

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