I think with no outs, that Coleman was the right pick.

Right hander was coming up and Coleman destroy's right handers. He is also the only guy who is a ground ball pitcher. He was the most likely candidate in the bullpen to get em to roll over on a double play.

Last year everyone bitched, including myself, that Ned was ADD with the ****ing batting lineup. Seemed like daily changes moving guys to different spots. Most of us agreed it was pretty ****ing dumb.

This year, he's sticking with guys hitting in certain spots hoping they get comfortable and start producing. And here's many of you who complained last year calling for Ned to shift stuff all around again.

Ned's ADD batting lineup from last year = not good
Ned's consistent batting lineup this year = not good

Seems our hitters just aren't very good.

Well, in all fairness, Ned was responsible for 10 losses last yr due ot leaving starters in too long, screwing w/ the lineup etc.

In all fairness, did you keep track of the times he changed a pitcher or lineup and we won?

halle-****ing-lujah

PBJ PBJ PBJ PBJ

NED YOST MANAGER OF THE YEAR

so last year

LMAO

Yosted

Gotta eat some crow on Ned. He has the boys playing good. With that being said, some of the moves he makes still make me scratch my head and I would not be totally devastated if he were to be shitcanned. I despise him less than I did a year ago. Hats off Ned. I will probably hate you in a few months though.

OK, lovin this as much as anybody, but we're all surprised for a reason. So enjoy the moment, truly enjoy it, but as fast as it came, so too can it vanish.

I pray this team doubles-down on the pressure on each other to not make one mistake. NOBODY accept anything but a win, and be ruthless with other teams. Show no mercy to any team, no remorse to any team, and DON'T LET UP - choke them out. Work harder than ever to stay on top, now that you're there, from now on.

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LMAO

From what I've been hearing and I know they're just sound bytes, but that's exactly the approach they're taking. Don't stop, keep winning

Good, this is what they need to play like (the guy on top):

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Yost probably just saved his job by hiring Sveum.

Again, just sound bytes, but guys like Hosmer, Moose, Etc are saying being in June isn't the goal, it is in October.

He's still shitty.

I still think Ned is a weakness.

This team is soft because he is soft. Yost does goofy shit during games and has habits that hurt the team. He puts several things ahead of winning in terms of impotence. Example ... he would rather lose the game than risk giving a starter 'the loss'. Many,many things that hurt our chances of winning imo.

The one thing he does do is kiss the player's asses so proficiently that they like him and keep playing for him.

IF we make the playoffs you can almost be guaranteed that he will cost us big several times, if not several games.

Yikes.

Wow LMAOLMAO

made me think of:

Ausmus should have gone with "kick the dog".

Despite the Royals recent success, Ned is still a horrible in-game manager and needs to be fired at the end of the season.

I will give him credit though. Lately he's been sticking up for this team. He's been better at challenging calls, he's working the umps a little bit, and he's getting tossed a couple times from games for his antics....hey, sometimes that's needed. Previously Yost looked lost, unmotivated, hopeless, looking like a lame duck manager who's counting down the days til his departure. He was out of options, he's fired just about everyone you possibly can in terms of hitting coaches.

Now with the Royals offense coming around and with this current winning streak, he does seem to have more life to him, but who wouldn't?

Still deserves to be canned.

Amazing what some hitting will do for a guys image.

Lets check back at the end of the season and see where we stand.
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Right, because you expect a manager who's team is under-performing to be laughing and upbeat. :facepalm:

You dumbasses give baseball managers way too much credit. It's all their fault when they lose but they get no credit when they win? How does that work, CoMo? Why should Ned be fired? He's the one responsible for this winning steak! ROFL Can't have it both ways. The players have changed their approach a bit, sure, but that's what major league hitters do. Has little to do with the manager.

Mellinger wrote about that recently.

About how when things aren't going well, fans tend to blame the manager. When the team gets hot, all the credit goes to the players.

The best line from Jim Bouton's book, Ball Four: "Winning is a great deodorant. It covers up a lot of stink".

I don't care about Ned right now. We're winning. He gets the credit.

I see some sensitivity training in his future LMAO

Yes and it makes little sense. Major leaguers learn to make adjustments if they themselves are good players. If they can't make the adjustment, they shouldn't be on the roster and likely won't stay in the show very long. The manager determines everyday lineups and pitching changes. He has very little effect on how a player performs at the plate. I have no idea why that is so hard to understand?

But then again, I've been stating this same argument on this board for the past two years. If we aren't very good, it's the players who aren't good. If we start winning, it's the players who are good.

SIMPLE.

That's not all they determine. I've gone over this before in the Royals Repository, I believe. They go over game-plans with the hitting and pitching coach on how best to attack the opposing team. They talk to infield and outfield coaches about switching for certain hitters and for certain pitchers and situations,. He, also, makes sure the players are in their best condition before the game.

Most people evaluate managers based on in-game decisions, but most of their work takes place before the game, and it sure showed earlier in the season compared to now. I think Yost is an average manager. I get irritated with him sometimes, mostly for bullpen moves, but all managers make questionable moves. To me, he's average.

Let's bring back Buddy Bell.

wow...good job completely missing the point entirely.

I prefer Trey Hillman

This team would have made the playoffs if not for Ned Yost last season.

Well, between now and October, kick some ****ers in the balls with pointy cowboy boots...

Ruthless winners, RUTHLESS!!!

:spock:

What are your feelings on hitting coaches? :D

I think they would have made it has they not fired Kevin Seitzer. I also think they would have a much better record this year had they not ever fired Seitzer. It looks like the finally righted the ship now after a season and a half of what appears to be a self made problem in firing a good hitting coach and bringing in shitty ones until now.

Dale Saveum > Kevin Seitzer? :shrug:

Possibly. But the replaced something that wasn't really broken to being with and it took 18 months to repair it.

Didn't they actually score less runs per game last year with George/Pedro then with Maloof and the other guy?

And good job completely having no point. You think Ned should get fired at the end of the season if this team makes the playoffs?

I think it's been said around here before that out of all pro sports leagues, the "baseball manager" has the least amount of influence on a game or team.

Honestly, a good pro baseball team could play games without a manager and still win.

If the Royals make the postseason this year there is a zero percent chance of Ned being fired. That's unheard of.. and ridiculous.

You want to know what will happen to Ned if we make postseason?










5 YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION BITCHES

What other manager in the majors can give themselves a wedgie during the national anthem before a game?
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Except when Yost leaves a pitcher in 4 or 5 batters too long...

I feel like Yost has been pretty good with pitchers. It's his old-school handling of line-ups and getting "productive outs" that drives me up a wall.

Easy. ...Eric Wedge

This

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So yeah.....

Ned made the right move.

In a tie game at home you bring in your closer in the 9th.

The game today was lost because of Shields poor start, and the offense's inability to capitalize in the 8th inning.

Don't disagree, but with bases loaded and one out, I think you bunt the guy in, or try. It's when you play small ball...

Ned Yost bashers:

"OMFG, WHY DID HE PINCH RUN FOR BUTLER?! THAT MEANT SLAP-DICK AOKI CAME UP IN HIS SPOT LATER!"

"THAT FREAKING YOST, NO WAY HE SHOULD'VE WENT TO HOLLAND IN THE 9TH, ANY MORON COULD'VE SEEN THAT INNING COMING!"

Only CP. LMAO

No, you ****ing don't. I don't care if you're at home. I hate this idea that closers at home need to pitch the ninth. A move like that puts WAY too much pressure on an inconsistent offense like ours. All Yost did with this move was have Holland burn nearly 30 pitches and hang a loss on him. Closers need to be brought in to CLOSE, not hold games.

Between that and not pinch running for Billy when he was on first, Yost can eat a steaming shit sammich.

I'm not a Yost basher per se, but it's all true. Yost pissed down his leg and snatched defeat from the jaws of victory with those two moves.

Soooo, you don't bring in your best pitcher in the tightest of games in order to keep the game going?.....

Sorry, most managers disagree with you.

Obviously, he made the right move, I don't agree with it, and we lost....tomorrow's another game.

No, you don't. Not with this offense. You hold on to the closer to save the game in extras.

Maybe Al or Duncan have a stat showing just how successful making the move to the closer in a tied game in the ninth really is. Just by watching this team, it rarely works.

Hopefully when we need Holland tomorrow, he'll be able. :thumb: After 30 pitches today, and the next day also...in fact, why don't we just give him a start?

Oh, Jesus.
Tell us all how a closer is supposed to save a game in extra innings at home.

You beat me to it.....

Lol. Yeah, I guess not, huh? Haha.

Obviously I need another beer.

Hence the reason why said closer, typically a teams best reliever, pitches in the 9th inning when tied at home. There is no save situation.

Wow. An I even played the game for ten years way back when. I think my Yost frustration is running over....

The problem Bob Dole has was waiting until Butler was at 3rd and THEN bring in the speed.

Now that, I cannot defend.

Yeah, that was pretty stupid. I nearly lost it when I saw Butler tagging and going to 3rd.

Ask Ned, he has it all worked out for you.

I would pile on Yost for pinch running for Billy after he got to third as well, but I feel like I've lost all credibility and should just leave the thread now.


(But really, why do that?)

yea that didn't make sense to wait and PR once he got to third. But it's bashing on shit like that that is reeruned. It didn't lose the game for the team so it's really not a big issue.

Same ol dipshit Ned Yost.

It was shit like this that cost us a playoff spot last season.

:doh!:

Exactly what did he do to lose this game? I'll wait

Keep waiting........

Douche CoMo probably didn't even watch the game but every loss is on the manager, brah.

Francisely Bueno should have been brought in for the 9th, obviously.

Eat your hearts out Ned haters.

In for an obligatory "**** you Ned!"

Ned haters can have this day. Even almighty lewdog will give them this. Although not scoring more than 1 against the M's surely isn't on him.

If the objective is to leave the pitcher out there until he coughs up the lead, it appears he did his job wonderfully.:shrug: