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Teahen a part of widespread optimism in K.C.

By Buster Olney

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Mark Teahen's transition to second base began on a Little League field in Peoria, Ariz., in December. He went there with his brother and girlfriend to take grounders, and really, it would've made no difference, as he got his work in that day whether he was standing at third base or at second base. But Teahen had thought about the way the Royals' roster was shaping up in the aftermath of Kansas City's trade for Coco Crisp, and recognized that he was probably going to be bumped out of a starti ...

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