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New manager Matt Quatraro vows to guide Royals back to 'top tier'

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Royals had qualified candidates to become their next manager already in the organization, including one hired by the Chicago White Sox just this week. Yet their six-person committee that waded through the options came to the conclusion that an outside voice was necessary.

It wound up belonging to Tampa Bay Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro.

The Royals formally introduced Quatraro as their new manager during a news conference Thursday at Kauffman Stadium. With his wife and two boys watching, Quatraro slipped a white No.