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
building major playing stairs step top
How do you get to the top of the stairs without getting on the first step? It's a building process, and your first major step has to be playing .500 baseball.
develop giving habit hours mental three
How about a little mental intensity? How about substituting some of that if you get tired? Let's develop it. It's a habit of giving all that you have three hours a night.
ben handle hurt knew knocked strong
How could it hurt him? We knew Ben would probably get knocked around a little bit, but that he would be strong enough that he would be able to handle it.
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He's really struggling to command the baseball right now. He's struggling to command his fastball and his breaking ball. It's just a little mechanical issue that we'll continue to work on. But he got a little better as the game went on.
against andy five home key
I didn't feel we were out of the game, especially after Corey's home run. The key is if you are going to give up five going against Andy Pettitte, you can't give up any more.
attack good great stuff
He pitched very, very well. He was very determined, had good stuff and was on the attack and pitched a great game.
camp dream playing realistic time
For the first time, they actually can come into camp and live the dream of playing into October. There are a lot of things that have to go right, but for the first time we can dream about that in a realistic sense.
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For the first time in a couple of years we're not going to have to turn the roster over to get better. We're going to have to increase our depth on the bench, the depth in our bullpen and Doug's always looking for pitching.
everybody relax
If everybody would just relax a little and let him do his thing, he'd be fine.
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He's unfailingly patient. He never panics. He has a knack for taking a lot of pressure off of everybody. He never dogs anybody, no matter what. He just treats people like people. He doesn't treat them like players. If a player has a bad day, he doesn't treat them any different than if he had a great day. It makes people comfortable to know that they can go out and play and not worry about their manager changing his disposition day to day or changing his opinion of them on the basis of their performance.
moving thinking
He's working on his fielding and arm. We're not thinking about moving him to third.
ball blowing few help pitches strike threw wind
He threw the ball OK, but he got a few pitches up in the strike zone. The wind blowing out didn't help him.
ball catch game plan threw throw tuesday
He threw the ball good. Our plan now is to have him play catch (today) and then see how he feels. If everything is OK, we'll have him throw another simulated game on Tuesday and go from there.
accomplish kinds learning needed seeing
He's learning all kinds of stuff. He's seeing what life's like in the big leagues. He accomplished everything he needed to accomplish in Triple-A.