Why Did the Brewers Fire Ned Yost?

Ned Yost Probably Had This Coming

gmcdowel posted 9/18/2008 from rumorsandrants.com

But firing the manager right now? In the middle of a playoff race? Seriously? Wow. Incredible timing on the part of Brewers general manager Doug Melvin. If anything, we thought Yost would get fired last year after the Brewers faded down the stretch and let the Cubs overtake them for the ...

Brewers fire Ned Yost with 12 games remaining

Knuckle Curve - Baseball News found this 9/18/2008 on www.insidetheballpark.com

The Milwaukee Brewers have cut all ties with manager Ned Yost as of Monday afternoon by firing him. Yost is taking the fall for the Brewers, who have dropped seven of their last 10, including four straight. In the absence of Yost, third base coach ...

Did Prince hate Yost?

Brew Crew Ball found this 9/18/2008 on www.brewtownbeat.com

The Brewers won tonight. I try to shy away from the cliche "must win" phrase, but when both the Phils and Mets etched Ws earlier in the day, tonight was truthfully a must win. Finally, the Brewers got it done, although it took another outing when the ...

Ben Sheets: The Worst Great Starting Pitcher or Greatest OK Starting Pitcher in Baseball Today?

Brew Crew Ball found this 9/18/2008 on www.bugsandcranks.com

Though likely to be buried by a handful of posts about the Devil Rays in no time (just kidding, Post Master Chalk!), I thought I would raise yet another Brewers query, as Mr. Charles and I had in our previous posts. With Ben Sheets’ departure ...

September 17, 2008 Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs Play by Play and Box Score - Baseball

Brew Crew Ball found this 9/18/2008 on www.baseball-reference.com

BATTING Milwaukee Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit PO A Details M Cameron CF 5 1 1 0 0 1 .243 .828 29 2 0 SB R Durham 2B 4 1 1 0 1 0 .288 .809 24 5 5 R Braun LF 3 2 0 0 1 0 .288 .895 14 3 0 HBP P Fielder 1B 4 1 3 3 1 0 .272 .872 9 7 1 2·2B J Hardy ...