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
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.
help players pro third time younger
He's a professional player, a pro that you want your younger players to emulate. He will see a lot of time for us at third base. He could really help us.
among ask doctors door players questions shut talk
They can ask all their questions with the doctors in there. We don't want any confusion. Shut the door and let the players talk among themselves, just them and the docs.
best confidence good hard motivate players tough trying united united-states
It's hard when you're going to take the best 30 players out of the United States. It's a tough task. It doesn't motivate us. We have good players. We have confidence in what we're trying to do. We don't need that to motivate us.
difference last players year
The difference between us last year and us this year was those young players being here getting us over the hump.
bats swinging
We were swinging the bats really well today.
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.