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
chance gives kids move outfield
This gives us a chance to see these kids play all of the outfield spots. We're going to move them around.
assignment few move ok pitch possible rehab send somebody sure wise
It's possible Wise or Santana will go out on a rehab assignment to pitch a few innings. We just want to make sure they're OK before we make a roster move and send somebody out.
ball clean contact count early good guys hit move pitch talk
That's something that we talk about every day: You pitch to contact with your good stuff. That's what you look for. You want guys to have good, quick, clean innings. You want to go out there, let them hit the ball early in the count to one of your defenders, get the out and move on.
coming everybody matter move occasional taking worry
I may move him up or down, but I'm not taking him out of the lineup no matter what happens. He'll get his occasional day off just like everybody will get, but he doesn't have to worry about coming out of the lineup. He's playing.
guys heart knew matter time
I know these guys will play with a lot of heart and a lot of pride. I knew it was matter of time before we got it going again.
knew
I knew it was something we had to do,
believe
I'm real superstitious. Somehow, I don't believe it's the uniform.
worthwhile
It's not going to be easy. And nothing worthwhile is easy.
bat concern swinging
It's not a concern to me. I hadn't even thought about it. Jenkins is swinging the bat OK.
everybody settle younger
Everybody was a little off today, command-wise. Especially for the younger kids, there's always some jitters. They'll settle down.
average difficult hitting joe record streak tremendous understand win year
The average person probably doesn't understand what he has done and the accomplishments he's achieved, ... To win 14 consecutive years, it's like Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak - it's a record that never will be broken. He has done it with tremendous turnover in roster. He has done it under difficult circumstances. He has done it with rookies. He has done it with veterans. He just does it year after year after year.
against baseball class consistent good home last league less national nice played series timely won
That is the class of the National League for the last 14 years. It's pretty big. We've never even won a series at home against them, much less a sweep. We played good, consistent baseball to do it -- with pitching, good timely hitting. It was a nice series.
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.
beat game good hard mistakes phase sit talent wait win
Not only are they so good talent-wise, they're so good in every phase of the game. You come in here and play them, you know they're not going to beat themselves. They're going to play the game hard and they're going to play the game right. If you sit back and wait for them to make mistakes so you can win a game, you're going to be in trouble.