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Belief and beyond: behind manager Tony Pena, who has taught a young, low-payroll team to have unshakable faith in itself, the Royals continue to flush the notion they can't win. (Baseball).

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| August 04, 2003 | Posnanski, Joe | COPYRIGHT 2003 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Four months before this wild season began, Royals manager Tony Pena was riding in a van through Puerto Rico with general manager Allard Baird. They were off to see Chris George, one of the many young pitchers the Royals would count on after an offseason of salary dumping. The Royals won only 62 games in 2002. In the salary purge, they still managed to dump 27 of those wins and 26 more saves.

"So," Baird said softly, "I heard Chicago got Bartolo Colon."

"Colon?" Pena asked. More wonderful news. Colon was the prize of the offseason. He won 20 games with the Indians and Expos in 2002. He and Mark Buehrle figured to give the White Sox a devastating 1-2 ...

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