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
anybody calling contend labeled last loser louis past playing rather tired trying winning
Playing .500 is the first step. Eventually, we're trying to get to where we can contend with St. Louis for the division. I'd rather have a winning record. We're tired of being labeled a loser for the last 12 years. We want to get past that. We don't want anybody calling us a loser again.
definitely gave good happen job nice opportunity rick seven strong three
Really, we had three pretty good games. Rick Helling definitely gave us that opportunity for that to happen today. He had seven real strong innings. He has done a real nice job with his opportunities.
carry cast feels supporting team
I think he feels like he's got a better supporting cast around him this year, and he doesn't have to carry the team on his back.
improvement mental physical side
I think his improvement has come more on the mental side than the physical side,
ability revolves rookie talent
It all revolves around talent and ability and he's got the talent. Rookie or no rookie, he can play.
feeling talk upset
It didn't take long to feel comfortable with Doug, because he's so approachable. He told me at the start, 'If you have a problem, let's talk.' If I'm upset about something and I talk to Doug, I always end up feeling better about it.
ballpark classy clean played
I thought it was beautiful. It thought it played real nice. I think it's a real classy ballpark -- a clean ballpark.
good john
John Smoltz is pretty good. He's been pretty good for a long time.
breaking easy feeling geared knowing life second talked
Knowing he would be a little more geared up, he wanted to back off on his breaking ball. It's something we all talked about. The second inning he had easy life on his fastball. You could see he was feeling good. He's right on schedule.
both hit home runs
J.J. is going to hit some home runs. He's not a Punch-and-Judy hitter. Both of the home runs he has hit (this week) have been big for us.
double nice plays three turned
J.J. has been outstanding. We have turned some nice double plays already (nine in three games). He's been great.
blame hitters
You can blame our hitters all you want,
ben feeling
You can always tell how Ben is feeling by his personality.
against good guy sending
We feel good about sending Doug out. Doug has always pitched very well against Pittsburgh. He's a guy that you like to have on the mound.