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
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.
behind damage fell good limited needed outside pitches stuff
He had pretty good stuff but he fell behind too much, ... But he made big pitches when he needed to and really limited the damage outside of the four-run inning.
needed picked
We needed it tonight, and he picked us up big-time.
accomplish kinds learning needed seeing
He's learning all kinds of stuff. He's seeing what life's like in the big leagues. He accomplished everything he needed to accomplish in Triple-A.
attack guy needed order stay
I just told him he really needed to stay on the attack and get after this guy in order for it to happen.
class league national needed win yesterday
That's the class of the league over there, the class of the National League for 14 years. And we did everything we needed to do to win this game, and yesterday and the day before.
break bullpen bush dave gave good great needed offensive picked rested shut talented
Dave Bush really shut down a real talented offensive team. He did a great job, really picked us up. That's two consecutive good starts, so it rested our bullpen and gave us a break that we needed down there, too.
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.