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Cactus League, Week 4

By Clay McNear

Published on March 13, 2008

Now, it may seem odd to recommend a team that finished 69-93 in ’07, but the Kansas City Royals are making some noise in Big Mo — and in Tokyo — with their high-powered Japanese hurlers Hideo Nomo and Yasuhiko Yabuta. Best thing to happen in KC since the invention of beef.
Thu., March 13, 1:05 p.m., 2008


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