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
struggled
We had struggled to that point. We were going down in order, boom, boom, boom.
exactly reason saving situations throw
The reason we don't use him is because we're not going to just throw him out there. This is exactly the reason he is here. We're saving him for situations like that.
clubhouse knew league major
(Fielder) has been in a major league clubhouse his whole life. He's not awed or wide-eyed by this. He knew he was destined.
billy hall quick
Experience. You play it, day in and day out. You've got to do it on your own. It's the same thing Billy Hall went through two years ago. Look where he's at now. There's no quick fix.
ask experience high majority sure tells
Experience tells you he's not going to do it every time, but he's sure going to do it the high majority of the time. That's all you ask for.
high prince tough
But then again, you look at Prince and his capabilities, you know he's got a very, very high ceiling, too. So, it's going to b a very, very tough call.
either pitching tough
It's tough on him. He's either pitching a lot or not pitching.
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.
eating good habits
It's not easy; it's hard. You've got to get into good eating habits and good conditioning habits early. If you don't, it can get away from you. This is real important for his career.
assignment few move ok pitch possible rehab send somebody sure wise
It's possible Wise or Santana will go out on a rehab assignment to pitch a few innings. We just want to make sure they're OK before we make a roster move and send somebody out.
season start tough
It's tough when you start the season with the workload that he had.
against best ended happy impossible looked matching roger throughout
(Davis) was happy about it. Matching up against Roger Clemens it looked like an impossible task. Really Doug labored throughout the whole game. He didn't have his best stuff. He ended up getting through it.
ball breaking hung overthrow tried
(Davis) tried to overthrow a breaking ball (to Burke) and he hung it.