Dayton Moore took over as the general manager of the Kansas City Royals on June 8, 2006, in the midst of another dreadful season. A 16-12 win over the Texas Rangers that night in front of just more than 11,000 fans at Kauffman Stadium improved the Royals’ record to 15-43. They would go on to lose 100 games.
Who knows what Moore, part of a successful front office in Atlanta, must have been thinking as he watched the monstrosity of a baseball team that he was now running.
It was not going to be an overnight fix.