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
ball count finds haunt pitch score
We just let too many opportunities get early. We got his pitch count way up and had opportunities to score and couldn't put the ball in play. That always finds a way to come back and haunt you.
ball catching count fewer pitch position runners scoring three
We just let too many opportunities get by early. We got his pitch count up and three times we had runners in scoring position and fewer than two out. We just couldn't put the ball in play. That has a way of catching up with you.
ball good happens haunt preach
We just let too many opportunities get by early. That always comes back to haunt you. We preach to put the ball in play. Nothing good happens with a strikeout.
ahead ball chance figured gamble good hit odds throwing trying
We figured that would be a good chance to gamble and take a shot. Davies was throwing the ball very well at that point. The odds of trying to get a two-out hit probably weren't in our favor. We thought we'd go ahead and gamble, and it worked.
ball
It was a ... bullet, and at times the ball skips in this outfield. To Conine's credit, he's charging that ball to make a play at the plate.
balls concrete fields good ground night rain weather work
Boy, the infield is like concrete out there. Ground balls get by you in a hurry. We can use the good weather to get our work in but you'd like to see a little rain at night to soften up the fields a bit.
ball balls catching corey dove fly gave hair hit might trouble
Corey gave it everything he's got. He might have dove just a hair early, which jarred him when the ball did hit his glove. We had trouble catching fly balls tonight. . . . It was one of those nights.
ball batting came corey finally hold practice smoked three took
Corey came in, got off the plane, got dressed, took batting practice and smoked the ball two or three times. He finally got a hold of one.
balls game good hit straight swings
Vargas was on his game today. We had some good swings and hit some balls on the nose, but we just hit them straight up.
ball tough win within
That was a tough play but it was within (Weeks') reach. It's a play, if you're going to win the ball game, that's got to be made.
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.
ball curve fourth hammered
Rickie got a curve ball up in the fourth and hammered it. That was a big part of the ballgame.
ball breaking hung overthrow tried
(Davis) tried to overthrow a breaking ball (to Burke) and he hung it.
action ball danny downhill good sinking
Danny has had good downhill action. His ball is sinking good. He's going to be fine.