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Found August 06, 2009 on Kings of Kauffman:
PLAYERS: Juan Cruz,  Doug Waechter
TEAMS: Kansas City Royals,  Tampa Bay Rays

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Today RHP-Juan Cruz was placed on the 15-day DL today and the team activated RHP-Doug Waechter to take the open spot on the roster.  After today’s win, the Royals are a dreadful 42-66 and still trail the Nationals, who also won, by 5 games for the worst record in MLB.  Yet today, the Royals are [...]
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