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Gordon and Zimmerman

Aug 09, 2017
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In June of 2005 -- with the Kansas City Royals in the midst of yet another doomed and hopeless season -- Royals general manager Allard Baird had a heavy decision to make. The Royals had the second pick in the draft. It was pretty clear to everybody that Arizona was going to take high school phenom Justin Upton with the first pick.

That left Baird with wh…

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