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Originally Posted by lewdog
It has been brought up in other threads but in baseball, the coach is the most meaningless of all coaches in major sports. He makes some ****ing dumb decisions, sure, but the players are ****ing horrendously bad and have no fire. Blame goes all-around...these team is full of turds.
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I don't know about that.
The Royals were 17-10 after 27 games. In the 28th game, Ned Yost made one of the most ****ing STUPID decisions ever. Shields was pitching a 2-hit shutout with 9 strikeouts in 8 innings. He had only thrown 102 pitches. Ned Yost yanked Shields and sent Greg Holland out to pitch the 9th. Holland blew yet another save, and the Royals lost 2-1.
The Royals are 4-16 since then, and Yost continues to make blunder after blunder. That's one very big reason why this team has no fire. They've given up on Ned Yost because they know he is the dumbest manager in baseball.
Moustakas and Hosmer know that Ned doesn't hold them accountable. That's why Moustakas hits .170 yet refuses to look at film to figure out what he's doing wrong, and it's why Hosmer hasn't pulled a ball with any authority in over a year. Yost treats these guys with kid gloves when they need to have their asses kicked and sent down to Omaha to figure it out. Put Tejada at third, Butler at first, and Frenchy at DH.