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Monday, September 03, 2007

Ned Yost and the Brewers

By , 11:53 PM

Lots of Brewer fans have been calling for Ned Yost’s head all season, from what I can tell, even when they were winning at the beginning and in the middle of the season.  Of course more and more fans have been doing so since their recent slide.  (I won’t get into how really, really stupid it is to blame a manager for a winning or losing “streak” nor even how weak the relationshiop between a manager’s ability and a team’s w/l record for a whole season MUST be - one of many reasons why the MOY award is a joke.)

Last night’s game was a real heartbreaker for Brewer fans.  They took a 7-4 lead into the 8th inning after being down early 3-0 with Oswalt and Sheets on the mound.  Anyway, they blew the lead in the 8th and after a series of pitching changes, a lot of fans are really, really p-o’d at Yost.  Should they be?

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