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Former Royals general manager Allard Baird returned to active duty Monday afternoon by accepting a job with the Boston Red Sox to serve as a special-assignment scout.

“I’m going to the Red Sox,” Baird confirmed from his home in Miami. “I’m getting on a plane at 6 a.m. (today). I had some opportunities after what went down in Kansas City, and I feel blessed about that, but I really feel this is the right one for me.”

Baird, 44, was fired May 31 by the Royals after nearly six years as general manager and 18 years in the organization.

“I’m not a real patient guy,” he said, “but after everything that happened, I made a commitment to be patient. I wanted to come home and spend some time with my wife.

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