Monday, September 15, 2008

Brewers fire Yost

They should have done this at the end of last season...
They have blown two years because of this asshole...
Maybe they can still pull it out...

Brewers manager Ned Yost paid with his job for the team's September collapse today when he was fired with 12 games remaining in the season.The Brewers have lost 11 of 14 games this month to go from 5 1/2 games ahead in the NL wild card race to tied with Philadelphia. The Brewers were swept over the weekend in four games by the Phillies, getting outscored 26-10.There will be more to come. Brewers Press ReleaseMILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Brewers today announced that Ned Yost has been dismissed from his position as manager of the Club. The announcement was made by Brewers Executive Vice President and General Manager, Doug Melvin."This was a very difficult move to make, and we appreciate all of the work that Ned has done to develop this team into a contender," Melvin said. "In the end, this was a collaborative decision made to put our Club in the best position for the final two weeks of the season." Dale Sveum, the Brewers third base coach, will take over in an interim role as manager for the remainder of the season. Bench Coach Ted Simmons has been reassigned to an advisory role. Any other coaching changes will be announced later.The Brewers are holding a press conference at 6:30 p.m. at the Westin in Chicago, where the team is spending an off day before opening a series Tuesday night against the Cubs.

1 comments:

Scorpion said...

And...ROBIN YOUNT is on his way to Chicago..still...might be too late to turn the attitudes around...