Idiots R Us - Paging Mr. Yost...
by South Side Rob
The new additions (I believe) are playing better than expected. With last year being valuable experience for the young players to obtain, we were all given the impression that this team would be much improved. Whoops! Oh yeah, there has been one constant and it's Ned Yost. The Brewers blew 2 4-run leads this weekend but I guess Ned feels its early and not that big of a deal. Does he really think this team is that good? If so, when will the fans get to witness this great team?
A new bench coach, a new 3rd base coach, a new catcher, a new center fielder, a new bullpen, and, yet, nothing changes. In fact, this team is regressing in some areas notably, base running.
After Sunday's joke of a game, Yost was in form which was back to covering for mistakes made by his players.
On Sheets being called out at home plate where he didn't slide, Yost said, "Of course he should have slid," Yost said. "Come on, we're playing baseball. Yes, he should have slid, but Benny gets on base so few times that it really was like foreign territory." Another words, it's ok to screw up running the bases when you rarely get to because your such a terrible offensive player? What's worse is that the replay clearly showed that Sheets actually beat the tag.
Now, we fast forward to the 9th inning and Rickie Weeks makes an outstanding play at 2nd base where he had to field the ball in short right field. Yes, because of all the distance he had to cover just to get to the ball, it did make it difficult for Weeks to put anything behind his throw. The result was a safe call by the 1st base umpire. Again, after seeing the replay, he was out. Close? Sure but the throw beat the runner.
Yost responds with, "It was bang-bang. Could have gone either way". No Ned, the throw was there in time which means it should have only gone one way. As such, the Astros are essentially allowed 4 outs in the bottom of the 9th.
Still in the 9th with Gagne thowing over the plate and at the knees to Michael Bourne and all 3 of these were called for balls. After Bourne walked and Tejada was unintentionally intentionally walked, Lance Berkman comes to the plate where he is awarded 5 strikes instead of 3. Two of Gagne's pitches were over the plate and right at the waist. Both of these pitches were called balls. One of them was on a 2-2 count. Had the ump made the call, the game is over and the Brewers win.
Yost, who, stood motionless in the dugout while this was taking place said after the game, "There were some calls that could have gone either way that we thought were strikes, but not the majority of them. We're talking two or three pitches." One of those pitches should have ended the game. Where was Yost and why didn't he question the umpire in an attempt to protect his pitcher? The way Yost acted tells me he only will protect his players from the media and not the umps.
I can't believe we are in the early days of May and I'm already fed up with all of these poor performances. We all bust our tails at work just so we can keep our jobs. It's different if you play for Ned Yost.
I've had just about enough of it. How about you?
The new additions (I believe) are playing better than expected. With last year being valuable experience for the young players to obtain, we were all given the impression that this team would be much improved. Whoops! Oh yeah, there has been one constant and it's Ned Yost. The Brewers blew 2 4-run leads this weekend but I guess Ned feels its early and not that big of a deal. Does he really think this team is that good? If so, when will the fans get to witness this great team?
A new bench coach, a new 3rd base coach, a new catcher, a new center fielder, a new bullpen, and, yet, nothing changes. In fact, this team is regressing in some areas notably, base running.
After Sunday's joke of a game, Yost was in form which was back to covering for mistakes made by his players.
On Sheets being called out at home plate where he didn't slide, Yost said, "Of course he should have slid," Yost said. "Come on, we're playing baseball. Yes, he should have slid, but Benny gets on base so few times that it really was like foreign territory." Another words, it's ok to screw up running the bases when you rarely get to because your such a terrible offensive player? What's worse is that the replay clearly showed that Sheets actually beat the tag.
Now, we fast forward to the 9th inning and Rickie Weeks makes an outstanding play at 2nd base where he had to field the ball in short right field. Yes, because of all the distance he had to cover just to get to the ball, it did make it difficult for Weeks to put anything behind his throw. The result was a safe call by the 1st base umpire. Again, after seeing the replay, he was out. Close? Sure but the throw beat the runner.
Yost responds with, "It was bang-bang. Could have gone either way". No Ned, the throw was there in time which means it should have only gone one way. As such, the Astros are essentially allowed 4 outs in the bottom of the 9th.
Still in the 9th with Gagne thowing over the plate and at the knees to Michael Bourne and all 3 of these were called for balls. After Bourne walked and Tejada was unintentionally intentionally walked, Lance Berkman comes to the plate where he is awarded 5 strikes instead of 3. Two of Gagne's pitches were over the plate and right at the waist. Both of these pitches were called balls. One of them was on a 2-2 count. Had the ump made the call, the game is over and the Brewers win.
Yost, who, stood motionless in the dugout while this was taking place said after the game, "There were some calls that could have gone either way that we thought were strikes, but not the majority of them. We're talking two or three pitches." One of those pitches should have ended the game. Where was Yost and why didn't he question the umpire in an attempt to protect his pitcher? The way Yost acted tells me he only will protect his players from the media and not the umps.
I can't believe we are in the early days of May and I'm already fed up with all of these poor performances. We all bust our tails at work just so we can keep our jobs. It's different if you play for Ned Yost.
I've had just about enough of it. How about you?
The big thing for me is how Ned doesn't stand up for his players during the game, but when he is asked by the media about someone, he backs them up. I don't want to see a manager who argues every close call, but there comes a point in time when he needs to question the calls, like when they are costing us the game. The media doesn't matter. The umps do.
I also hate the fact that there is always some excuse. "He doesn't run bases that much", etc. A lot of times there is not excuse. I would have known to slide if I were in Ben Sheet's position. He needs to stop making excuses for his team, and start actually being a manager.
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I was listening to the game on the radio yesterday with my dad. It was so nice out I had to be outside and I can't stand Bill and Brian anymore. (If I hear BA kiss another player's rear end for getting a hit when he had two strikes I'm gonna scream. Isn't that his job?)
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Anyway, Dad taught me a new word yesterday. Much like in the classic film "Kingpin" it is using a man's last name as a verb.
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"Well, they just YOSTED another one."
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YOST v. -yohst- To fritter away countless opportunities to excel
"The Brewers YOSTED 4 run leads twice against the Astros."
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How many other definitions can the readers of the Brewer Nation come up with?
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Ned Yost isn't the problem. It's the morons surrounding him.
Fire Jim Skaalen. The Brewers have been terrible at the plate all season. What is Skaalen doing about it? All he talks about is that the players need to relax, not think too much, hit it up the middle, blah, blah, blah. The guy sucks and needs to be replaced.
Fire Mike Maddux. He's washed up and can't anything out of these pitchers anymore. There has been no improvement on any of these pitchers from last season. Look at Turnbow. How does he go from being an All-star to being put on waivers? You need to start looking in the direction of the pitching coach when the Brewers blow leads.
Fire Dale Sveum. He's been terrible all season sending players when he shouldn't, and holding players when they should be trying to score. I suppose you could give him a pass with the infield defense being improved this season, but how much has he done when all you needed to do was move Braun to the outfield.
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