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
bases happened hit kid loaded middle mistake slider
Adams just made a mistake on a slider down the middle and the kid hit it out. And the bases just happened to be loaded at the time.
ball bullpen found hard hit
The bullpen just struggled. They hit the ball hard and they found the holes.
interested reason
That's why I was so interested in this job. That's the reason right there.
help hurts
That's going to help us as much as it hurts us.
billy finding hall hardest playing season
That's going to be the hardest thing I'm going to have to do this season is finding Billy Hall playing time.
good shows
That shows you why we feel good about where we're going.
hitter shows
That shows the kind of hitter he is.
chance gives kids move outfield
This gives us a chance to see these kids play all of the outfield spots. We're going to move them around.
capable eyes fact league opened ready
They opened my eyes, offensively, to the fact that they were capable of being big league players, and they opened eyes, defensively, and showed us that they weren't ready to be big league players.
house
They need that adrenaline, they need that packed house to really get going.
ben good great matched performance pitch sharp stayed tonight
They got a great performance out of Arroyo. He was very sharp and stayed on the attack. Ben was good tonight but Arroyo matched him pitch for pitch.
fine performance
They got a fine performance out of Bronson Arroyo, and that was the difference.
affects enjoy performance point
They enjoy what they're doing. But they're not a real excitable bunch, to the point where it affects their performance.
hit runner scoring spot though
The only way he doesn't go out is if we get to his spot and there's a runner in scoring position, ... Then I probably would have hit for him, even though he was 2 for 2.