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Assuming the managerial reins of the KC Royals wasn’t going to be easy for the club’s new skipper. Now, he’s confronting hardships before the season can even begin.
Taking on the job of managing the KC Royals was never going to be easy for Mike Matheny.
Matheny comes to the task seeking baseball redemption after winning three division titles and a National League pennant with the Cardinals, but cast aside two years ago by them amid controversy over his tactical acumen, one player’s treatment of another, and speculation he’d lost the clubhouse.