Yost = Baker

[SouthSideRyan]

The Pujols one was especially terrible because it was a late in a 1 run game. Shockingly, the Cardinals went on to win with(I believe) Pujols as the game tying run.

[TruffleShuffle]

Wasn't it the first batter Gagne was facing, too? Usually you don't throw at the first guy you face unless you're getting orders from someone.

 

Plus there's Ned's history of putting sucky pitchers in to start an inning just to hit someone -- he did the same thing at the end of last season when he put in Seth McClung to bean Albert Pujols, knowing full well that McClung would get tossed. He even had Turnbow warming up anticipating it. I guess he figures if he throws a guy out there who sucks enough, he can just claim that a ball "got away from him."

 

I think that was even McClung's defense when he was appealing his suspension, and it worked. He was the first guy I could remember basically saying "No, really, I suck that much" and getting his suspension reduced.

 

Either way, it's just stupid to throw at a guy, and it's one of the things I hate most about Ned "Flanders" Yost. As a guy who already botches bullpen management horribly, he doesn't need the extra disadvantage of having a shorthanded bullpen for a few games, and he's putting his players in the line of fire the next time they face that team.

 

yeah i am fine with throwing at someone if the opposing pitchers are targeting your stars, but what are you doing throwing at jim edmonds? because he actually did his job well against you today? it's not like he stood at home plate and celebrated for 5 seconds; he put his head down and jogged around the bases. i think he pumped his fist rounding first, but so what - it was a grand slam and gave the cubs a big lead against their closest competitor.

 

the brewers really need to rid themselves of ned yost, for numerous reasons, but their record is too good right now for him to get the boot.

[imb]

if anything, edmonds celebration after the granny was because of the terrible strike call on the check swing a pitch or two earlier

[Soul]

gotta give him credit, he can't manage his way out of a paper bag, but when an aging outfielder takes his pitchers deep twice, ned knows how to tell his pitcher to throw at him.

You may be giving Ned too much credit. How do you know the pitcher didn't do that on his own?

 

pitchers generally don't just throw at players on their own. they'll sometimes do it if the opposing pitchers have been throwing at his teammates, but to throw at a player who's hit your other pitchers well? that usually comes from the manager.

 

Not only does Ned know how to tell his most worthless pitcher to throw at an opposing hitter, but also he knows how to run out of the dugout and argue incredulously as if he didn't tell him to do it.

 

So major double-whammy points there.

[Garage Party]

the brewers really need to rid themselves of ned yost, for numerous reasons, but their record is too good right now for him to get the boot.

I've said for a while that he's gone if they miss the playoffs, but I have a feeling they snag the wild card and we get one or two more years of Ned.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I hope we get many more years of Ned, with the Brewers that is