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
bush finally great nice offense offensive pitching shut talented team together
We finally put together some offense and great pitching it was a nice combination. Bush shut down a really talented offensive team in Cincinnati.
ability revolves rookie talent
It all revolves around talent and ability and he's got the talent. Rookie or no rookie, he can play.
experience talent
We have the talent to be. It's just the experience and consistency. And to get those, you just play.
accomplish best found great group guys taken talented ways win
Those guys should be proud, for what they had to do to accomplish that. They started out with a great team, a very talented group of kids. By the end, we had taken all their best players, and they still persevered through it and found ways to win a championship.
evolving happen kids prince talent type
We know we are evolving as a team, and we know these kids are going to get better. Anything can happen when you have the type of talent these kids like Prince have.
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.
ability fit pass pick quite talent win
He'll fit in quite nicely. You can't win without talent and we couldn't pass up the ability to pick up someone with talent and experience, too.
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.
bats exception games seems swinging team
We've been swinging the bats OK, with the exception of (Wednesday night), ... I think every team has those games where it seems like you can't get anything done.
ball count finds haunt pitch score
We just let too many opportunities get early. We got his pitch count way up and had opportunities to score and couldn't put the ball in play. That always finds a way to come back and haunt you.
ball catching count fewer pitch position runners scoring three
We just let too many opportunities get by early. We got his pitch count up and three times we had runners in scoring position and fewer than two out. We just couldn't put the ball in play. That has a way of catching up with you.
ball good happens haunt preach
We just let too many opportunities get by early. That always comes back to haunt you. We preach to put the ball in play. Nothing good happens with a strikeout.
ahead ball chance figured gamble good hit odds throwing trying
We figured that would be a good chance to gamble and take a shot. Davies was throwing the ball very well at that point. The odds of trying to get a two-out hit probably weren't in our favor. We thought we'd go ahead and gamble, and it worked.
cabin room
The room is my friend, not my enemy. I don't get cabin fever.