Gross Negligence

We may have just reached critical mass on the Fire Ned Yost movement! Evidence #1: Clinging to the slimest of leads in the 6th inning today, Ned could not deviate from his normal protocol to adapt to a situation. With runners at 2nd and 3rd and 1 out Ned desperately needed a strikeout. And coming up was a strikeout candidate Yoenis Cespedes. Since it was not the 7th inning yet, Ned felt he couldn’t possibly go to the WELL rested Kelivn Herrera for his Righty-Righty match up, or the guy with the best K’s per ab’s in the bullpen Wade Davis (13.4 K’s/9 this season). No, instead he went to the guy who all but put the game out of reach on Thursday from the mound…Aaron Crow. Royals fans may remember that the Royals actually optioned Crow down to AA at the end of August while they were buying time before rosters expanded. So why was this such a bad move? Well in true ironic form, Yost preaches he wants to stay with the hot hand. Hot hand apparently means the last time the game was within a run, the same pitcher came in, walked two, then gave up a hard hit double to score the two walks. Today, he brings in the same guy in a very similar scenario expecting a different result (What is the definition of crazy again?). So what happens with the first batter he faces??? WALK. Not exactly the end of the world. A double play is now in order, and a strong hitter didn’t hurt you. Second batter: WE GET THE STRIKEOUT. I couldn’t believe it either. This hilariously negligent move is about to actually work. Why Negligent? on to hypocritical statement #2 “We will go with the best match-ups when it comes to putting the players on the field.” How about this for some match-up info. Aaron Crow is terrible with inherited runners (Crow allows over 30% of inherited runners to score) and when it comes to his previous encounters with Allen Craig he was 4/7 in his career (that’s over a .500 average). I’m confused. Ned you seem to be contradicting yourself….even more so than usual. It’s getting to the point where even people that are paid by the Royals, or really need to play the political game to stay on their good sides are calling to question Yost as the manager. (This is a good read by Andy McCullough) But wait it gets better. Daniel Nava, the batter that hit the eventual grand slam, actually was reported as saying, “I can’t believe they would let me face a righty. I was certain they would bring in one of the Lefties to face me.” With Finnegan and his dominance over the past few days you think for sure they would bring him out, or if he were over worked Francisly Bueno….but no, Mr. Match-ups decides to scoff in the face of Nava’s .158 batting average against lefties and let him hit off a lack luster righty (which by the way he is almost 100 points higher vs. righties). Is your head starting to collapse on itself? Evidence #2: It took almost two weeks of the media, and every fan in the park to beg Ned to move the line-up around. And we go from averaging 2.3 runs per game to nearly 5.5 since the shake up. It almost feels like Ned is so indigent with the media and fans that he would rather lose games than allow them to be correct. This guy truly cannot adapt mid-game. If anything stops going according to his script he buckles under pressure, and makes TOO many late in the game mistakes. He is a liability and we will not win with him in the drivers seat. I don’t care how good the clubhouse is. The clubhouse is not where the game is played. I can give two cares if the players are happy. I care if they produce, and win. It is amazing how happy locker rooms of teams that win seem as they are spraying champagne everywhere. It’s not looking good Royals fans. But hey that is probably what people were saying in Milwaukee in 2008. Then the Yostings stopped.. Ned was fired in September, and the Brewers rallied and made the playoffs with Dale Sveum at the helm. Can Lightning strike twice? I am here to say this. If it doesn’t this will certainly not be the year the Royals raise their first Pennant since 1985. And with the amount of people we will be losing next year….it may be a lot longer before we make another run.

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