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
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.
needed picked
We needed it tonight, and he picked us up big-time.
row
We need two in a row to get us over the hump.
turn
We haven't pitched very well. But those things turn around.
We haven't had much of a need for a long guy.
again against behind billy bottom caliber carpenter fall four good guy hall help hits innings runs score timely tying
To fall behind 2-0 and then come back and score two runs and then again to fall back by four runs, making it 6-2, and tying it up in the bottom of that innings against the guy the caliber of Carpenter is a good feeling. We had a lot of timely hits. Overbay and Billy Hall had big nights. Even Cappy had two big hits to help his cause.
bad came good pitcher
He's a good pitcher having a bad year. And the good pitcher in him came out tonight.
experience talent
We have the talent to be. It's just the experience and consistency. And to get those, you just play.
ability believe continue goes single special year
We have the ability to do special stuff, and we have to continue to be more consistent, and that's team-wide. It's not one single person or one single area. We do believe that we'll get better and better as the year goes on.
five happy home last surely win
We were happy with the home stand, but when you win the first five you surely want to win the last game.
pushing short
We were getting short out there. You can't keep pushing it.