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Royals GM livid over trade criticism
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08:13 AM ET 12.11 | Coming off a weekend blockbuster, Kansas City Royals general manager Dayton Moore didn't exactly get the benefit of the doubt. [Moore was] furious Monday afternoon, livid at the accusations, and trying to keep a calm demeanor on the telephone. He pulls off the Royals' biggest trade in two decades, giving them a shot at their first playoff berth since 1985, and he's read that he made the blockbuster deal simply to save his job. "To me, that's insulting," Moore tells USA TODAY Sports. "That's very insulting. Very, very insulting. I don't get too bent up about criticism, and I want to take the high road here, but that's insulting my integrity. If something happened, I couldn't get another job in baseball? Is that what people think?"
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I wouldn't offer you a job simply because I think Dayton is a foolish first name.
dannylimes
Toronto, ON
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At least people are talking about the Royals.
AllStarz Ruinating…
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The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
PCWS
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The GM was going to lose his job anyway after next season if he didn't make a major move on the 13 Royals to try and help them make the playoffs.
toad
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This guy needs to grow a set. You're in the wrong business Drayton if you can't take criticism. And to think this guy almost came to Boston? That media would have torn him apart.
jnorman41
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All he managed to do was spray lighter fluid on the fire.
THE BISHOP!
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N.Y. Daily News reported today that the Mets asked the Royals what it would have taken to land top prospect Wil Myers...Royals told them Niese and Wheeler.....glad the Mets turned that down...
Sgt. Schultz
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Technically speaking, your skin has to turn a color, like dark blue, to be considered livid. Perhaps pi##ed off would have fit the headline better.
50yearfan
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playoffs? playoffs? playoffs? (Jim Mora, Sr. steps off the podium)
rjfish
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Royals and playoffs haven't been used in the same sentence since probably last year when it was commonly said "The Royals are not even close to making the playoffs".
Yogi-Zen
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One livid GM and how many livid KC fans for how many lividable years?
50yearfan
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Tactical error by Moore to react with anger to an opinion piece from a guy who couldn't keep his baseball job and now works for ESPN. He should have just smiled and said "Trying to keep my job by improving the team and giving us a better chance to win? Guilty as charged! That is the job description for every GM in the league."
Traded to Seattle
Salem , OR
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Bobby V is back with ESPN?
TheBone
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Don't understand what Royals fans are so upset about!!! They haven't been good for so long, Pitching wins games - they got 2 starters and one is there new Ace!!! They needed pitching and pitching costs prospects...
Studbuffchest
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wiseup: If I was a Tampa Bay fan I would be upset trading away an ace in Shields
wiseup
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There's not enough of them to get all worked up over it.
THE BISHOP!
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