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
coming early five four gets innings pick pitching pressure rotation spring though three thrown type
His workload has been real heavy. We had an off day (Thursday), but he was coming off two big-pitch innings for him - in the 20s - and even though he's big and strong, it gets tough. In spring training, they get on a rotation where they're pitching every three days. Then you pick it up a little and they're pitching every other day. Now, he's been in four out of five days. To be thrown into that, even though you're big and strong, it's still a little early to have that type of pressure put on you.
early pressure though thrown type
His workload has been real heavy. To be thrown into that, even though you're big and strong, it's still a little early to have that type of pressure put on you.
bottom days four lightning might run strike thrown within
He hadn't thrown in four days and I wanted to get him an inning, keep it within one run and see if lightning might strike for us in the bottom of the inning.
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.
depends fall fill guys knowing
Not knowing who's going to be the starter, the other two guys will probably fall back in and be in the pen. It depends on who has the most versatility to fill those spots.