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
bad changing everybody great guy instead manager people treating treats worry
He just treats people like people instead of treating them like players. If a guy has a bad day, he doesn't treat them any differently than if they had a great day, and that makes everybody feel comfortable. They can all go out and play, and not worry about their manager changing his disposition every day.
bad basis changing dogs great knack manager matter opinion people player pressure taking treats worry
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.
finding hardest knows manage
The hardest thing will be finding the clubhouse, because no one knows where they're going. But I think we'll manage that.
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.
conditions extra game rather rest throw trying
We thought it would be better for him to throw under game conditions rather than trying to do a simulated game tomorrow. Now, he'll have an extra day of rest before his first start.
again falling hump stay sure tomorrow
We're over the hump for tonight. You never want to get there (.500) and keep falling back like we did. Again, we're over .500 tonight. We got to make sure we stay over .500 again tomorrow night.