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Kansas City Royals: Alex Gordon
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The Kansas City Royals enter the 2007 season looking forward to recovering from four out of five seasons ending with 100 defeats. The team’s fans are waiting for the arrival of top prospect Alex Gordon during the next season.
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During the 2006 offseason, Kansas City appeared to be opening up its wallet. They outbid the Cubs and Blue Jays for free agent righty Gil Meche, signing him to five-year, $55 million contract. Reliever Octavio Dotel ... inked a one-year, $5 million contract. The Royals have signed various new players, adding bulk to their bullpen and hitting, and the team has added several new promising prospects, including the likes of Alex Gordon and Billy Butler. Under general manager Dayton Moore the Royals were arguably the most aggressive team in the offseason. Among one of Dayton Moore's first acts as General Manager was instating a new motto for the team: "True.
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When you think of the 2006 Kansas City Royals, of course you think: "World's most expensive baseball card." Meet Alex Gordon, whose Royals rookie card got printed by Topps even though Gordon didn't make the Major League roster. In fact, he's playing for the Double-A Wranglers. Topps caught the error and began cutting up the cards (hey, any chance of doing that with Derek Jeter?), but not before about a hundred of them got out. A fan named Jeremy Troutman found five Gordon cards in a Topps rookie collection at a Wal-Mart in Wichita, and now the things are selling for as much as $2,550 each -- the hottest card in baseball. Sealed Topps Wal-Mart boxes, which may or may not contain a Gordon card, are going for as much as $250 on eBay.
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