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
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.
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They enjoy what they're doing. But they're not a real excitable bunch, to the point where it affects their performance.
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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.
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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.
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The bullpen just struggled. They hit the ball hard and they found the holes.
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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.
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.
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.
count pitch stuff
Off a hair, (and) his pitch count got up high. But his stuff was excellent.
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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.
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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.