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
ended five innings pitch six
We wanted him to try to go out and pitch five innings and 80 pitches, and he ended up (going) six innings and 70 pitches.
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.
coming early five four gets innings pick pitching pressure rotation spring though three thrown type
His workload has been real heavy. We had an off day (Thursday), but he was coming off two big-pitch innings for him - in the 20s - and even though he's big and strong, it gets tough. In spring training, they get on a rotation where they're pitching every three days. Then you pick it up a little and they're pitching every other day. Now, he's been in four out of five days. To be thrown into that, even though you're big and strong, it's still a little early to have that type of pressure put on you.
ball fast hoping innings sharp
It was just one of those days. He just wasn't sharp tonight. I was hoping he could go two innings but his fast ball was up and he wasn't locating his pitches.
broke capitalize couple finally innings last nail opportunity year
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.
bats swinging
We were swinging the bats really well today.
players scratched surface team
We've got the nucleus of our team in place. These young players ... we haven't scratched the surface of what they'll be able to accomplish.
building good sends signal start team
With Doug's extension, it sends a good signal to the team that we're going to be here. We've got a good start on this and we want to keep building to a championship team.
billy gets hits
When Billy gets hot, he can do some damage. He never hits those high, long ones. He hits laser shots.
along half second struggle
We said all along that he would probably struggle in the first half and take off in the second half. That's what's happened.
along struggle
We said all along he would struggle in the first half, then take off.
trying uniform
We're trying to do something different with the (other) uniform we've got.
credit kept needed smoking
We kept smoking the ball. They just went right at people. You've got to give some credit to Valdez. He got the outs when he needed them.
kept smoking
We kept smoking the ball, just right at people.