Ned Yost
Ned Yost
Edgar Frederick "Ned" Yost IIIis a former Major League Baseball catcher and current manager of the Kansas City Royals. He previously managed the Milwaukee Brewers, and played for the Brewers, Texas Rangers, and Montreal Expos...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth19 August 1955
CityEureka, CA
count pitch stuff
Off a hair, (and) his pitch count got up high. But his stuff was excellent.
adversity good great learn needs stop teacher
Adversity is a great teacher if you stop and learn something from it. He has done everything he needs to do. He's back on a good roll.
definitely improved looks
They've definitely improved their bullpen. It looks real solid.
exciting great huge kids opportunity playing since watching
They've been playing great since they got here. A huge part of what makes this so exciting is watching those kids get an opportunity and do well with it.
experience farm gain game learn practicing stuff valuable
A lot of this stuff you learn in games. That's where you learn because it's at game speed. Experience you gain in a game is farm more valuable than going out and practicing something.
ask living mental throwing
They make a living throwing the ball. It's a mental thing, it's in their heads, and don't ask me why.
against brady came defensive few guys hit nice playing
You can't have your defensive guys everywhere. It wasn't like Brady was playing with his back against the wall. Brady came in a few steps. He just hit it under the coverage. It would be nice if you could have 15 guys out there, but you can't.
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There was some confusion at the end of the inning, whether there were four or five home runs. We just knew that we hit a bunch of home runs.
broke capitalize couple finally innings last nail opportunity year
There were times last year where he would give us an opportunity in the first couple of innings and we wouldn't capitalize and then he would just nail down. We finally broke through.
aiming next start
There really are no set plans. We're aiming for him to make his next start and see where that goes.
guy hit problem
You're behind, you get on the attack, and the guy hit it out of the park. I've got no problem with that.
beat count five roger runs scoring time
You really can't count on scoring five runs off of Roger Clemens, but tonight, luckily, we did. Any time you can beat him, you've done something.
exactly fill reason saving situations throw
This is exactly why he's here. He can fill that role. And the reason we don't use him (more) is we're just not going to throw him out there. We're saving him for situations like that.
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This is not a strict platoon basis. It doesn't have anything to do with the numbers (which favor a right-handed hitting batter against a left-handed pitcher). This has to do with finding Billy Hall playing time.