Ned Yost Quotes (225 Quotes)

It's possible Wise or Santana will go out on a rehab assignment to pitch a few innings. We just want to make sure they're OK before we make a roster move and send somebody out.

The guys in that locker room have brought respectability back to this organization. I don't think there's a team that enjoys coming to Milwaukee anymore, or looks forward to Milwaukee coming to their hometown.

I said, don't worry about it. He's only going to throw about 50 pitches. That's about six innings, and then he'll be done.

He works at it. That's the key to his growth. His command has been as good as I've seen it over an extended period.

I didn't want to get (Wise) in with everything on the line. I wanted him to be able to get his feet back on the ground. I felt good with Kane Davis, ... We're doing everything we can to preserve a one-run lead. We're just trying to get to Turnbow. We were one pitch away.

It was a win for Davis. We were hoping it'd be for Doug Davis, as well as Doug's pitched. Doug's been sitting on nine wins for a long time.

Boy, the infield is like concrete out there. Ground balls get by you in a hurry. We can use the good weather to get our work in but you'd like to see a little rain at night to soften up the fields a bit.

They make a living throwing the ball. It's a mental thing, it's in their heads, and don't ask me why.

I just told him he really needed to stay on the attack and get after this guy in order for it to happen.

He's growing, he's learning, he's trying. He's going to make mistakes. His fielding is improving. You look at the number of errors he has made and how many of them have been throwing errors Those things are easily fixed.

You get the adrenaline going. The first time out, it happens.

We were waiting for Vic to turn it around. We wanted to give him every opportunity. ... He had a great start at Colorado, and then went right back to making mistakes with his fastball over the heart of the plate at Houston.

I think that this organization for 12 years had gotten used to losing and you have to break that cycle. That's why 81-81 was a big step for us. It broke the cycle.

We're going for the win, and Prince has a better chance of hitting a home run. That's the hardest thing to do in baseball. You have to have a special frame of mind going up there. He's got that special mind-set.

The offense is starting to kick in now and that's a good sign. It shows the character of your club when you're down 11-2 and come back.

I feel bad about that. We've really raided them. But we didn't have any choice. We had to do it.

It shows the character of our club. We kept battling until the last out.

Playing .500 is the first step. Eventually, we're trying to get to where we can contend with St. Louis for the division. I'd rather have a winning record. We're tired of being labeled a loser for the last 12 years. We want to get past that. We don't want anybody calling us a loser again.

The first time we saw Howard this year, it looked like he didn't belong in the big leagues. It looks like he's pretty much got things figured out now.

That was pretty good damage control.

We're a little more settled this year. We have a better idea of when guys are going to pitch. We have a plan.

It's ridiculous to say that we don't enjoy it. It's a great start for us. With young clubs, you get off to a good start and you can carry this roll deep into the season. It's a good spot to be in.

Adams just made a mistake on a slider down the middle and the kid hit it out. And the bases just happened to be loaded at the time.

It was a good debut all around. He has good stuff. He had a great breaking ball.

Jeff Cirillo is a solid player. He's been a great addition to the team. He does everything well. I'm not afraid to put him at second base.