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Dayton Moore Fired as Royals President; GM of 2015 World Series Championship Team

The Kansas City Royals fired president of baseball operations Dayton Moore, according to The Athletic's Andy McCullough and Ken Rosenthal.

Moore provided a comment to McCullough and Rosenthal.

"I’m really thankful for the opportunity," he said. "I’m proud of our culture and what we accomplished in Kansas City. I’m disappointed we weren’t able to see it through. But I have confidence in John Sherman, J.J. Picollo and the entire baseball operations department to finish it off."

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