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
care itself stuff takes
All that stuff takes care of itself when you win,
believe fun people
You've got to have fun in this game. Some people believe in it. Some people don't.
talking third
All we're talking about is a third of an inning,
abuse anybody counts good gotten guys investment money nowadays pitch protect trying
I think that pitch counts have gotten into everybody's brain. These guys are making so much money nowadays that you're trying to protect your investment and you don't want to abuse anybody out there, especially if you've got a good arm.
break broke gotten losing step
I think that this organization for 12 years had gotten used to losing and you have to break that cycle. That's why 81-81 was a big step for us. It broke the cycle.
maximize trying work
I was just trying to maximize our matchups, ... It didn't work out.
matter tough
If you're on that night, it doesn't matter who you are. You're going to be tough to beat.
meat serious
It's nothing serious but it got him right in the meat part of his hand. It's just a little sore.
early pushing regular spring
It's too early in the spring to be pushing anything like that. If it was during the regular season, he wouldn't even have said anything.
hoping nine sitting win wins
It was a win for Davis. We were hoping it'd be for Doug Davis, as well as Doug's pitched. Doug's been sitting on nine wins for a long time.
guys hard second short third
It's hard to find guys who can play second, third and short. You can find guys who can play second and third, or short and second, but it's hard to find all three.
guys hard third
It's hard to find guys that can play second, third and short,
best confidence good hard motivate players tough trying united united-states
It's hard when you're going to take the best 30 players out of the United States. It's a tough task. It doesn't motivate us. We have good players. We have confidence in what we're trying to do. We don't need that to motivate us.
baseball focused gotten playing ready win
It's been a lot different. In years past, we focused on playing baseball games. From Day 1 (this year), we've gotten ready to win baseball games. We've focused more on little things, fundamental things.