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Byline: Bob Dutton
NEW YORK _ Maybe New York right-hander Jon Lieber was just so dominant at times Saturday afternoon in his first major-league appearance in 21 months that the Royals only looked like a dispirited band of refugees.
And maybe this listless effort in a 12-4 loss at Yankee Stadium had nothing to do with management's puzzling decision to summon right-hander Eduardo Villacis from Class AA Wichita and send him into his major-league debut at the globe's most-fabled athletic venue.
Or maybe it was just one of those days.
Whatever it was, and however it looked, the Royals continue to maintain they haven't regressed to their pre-2003 form despite a 7-15 record that parallels their 22-game pace in 2002 and ...