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Time is near for Gordon, Butler in K.C.

By Jerry Crasnick
ESPN.com

Sunday, July 9, 2006

PITTSBURGH -- The Kansas City Royals are feeling spry for a team with a .356 winning percentage, and it's not only because Mark Redman will be lugging his 5.27 ERA to Pittsburgh and tipping his cap at the All-Star Game. Just as new general manager Dayton Moore moves in with designs on building an organization in the Atlanta mold, the Royals are actually playing decent ball. Despite an 11-3 loss to Toronto on Sunday, they're 14-8 since mid-June. Third baseman Mark Teahen and center fielder Davi ...

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