Brewers Pick up on Yost option for '09
Doug Melvin revealed that they have picked up the option for Ned Yost for 2009. They actually did this after the season but did not release it until today.
Melvin did say that you can be fired even if you're in a contract so this doesn't really mean much! Here is the link: http://blogs.jsonline.com/brewers/archive/2008/02/08/brewers-pick-up-yost-s-2009-option.aspx
[editor's note, by Jeff] I thought this was worthy of a bump. At least in newsworthiness, if not in the quality of the news itself.
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Melvin thinks he has successfully Yost-proofed the team to the point that he can't screw it up for the next two years.
Bizarre
This is a new one on me:
"(Owner) Mark (Attanasio) is in agreement with that."
Not that it necessarily applies to managers, but this is the opposite of what I considered conventional wisdom.
Also:
"People are fired in the middle of contracts," said Melvin. "It doesn't matter whether contracts are picked up or not. I could be fired, too, and I have two years left on my contract."
That must make Ned feel good. "Yeah, we picked it up, but he could still go at any time."
Oh well
Mike Sherman
Or he's here for years.
The actual story makes it worse
I don't think it matters, either way
The article/site does give us this nice picture of Yost looking like a complete yokel:

I think that should be on every WPA graph with a huge drop because the team was Yosted next season. Maybe an arrow pointing to the exact moment?
The picture
This quote bothers me:
Hmm
It'd be nice if the team started off hot and made quotes like this moot, but I think he's not altogether wrong about rushing to judgment early in the year.
Mixed messages
It's a shame that they're going to waste another year before making a run, though.
by Marty McSuperFly on Feb 9, 2008 10:24 AM CST up reply actions
Heh
Nope
Oh, and Melvin's off-season moves aren't doing me any favors.
I don't mind being wrong, though. Unlike a lot of Yosties, though, I at least put my predictions out there and stand by them, even if it means I have to admit I'm wrong at some point.
by Marty McSuperFly on Feb 9, 2008 10:50 AM CST up reply actions
Oh, ok - sorry
Enough to make the playoffs last year
And, honestly, how many jobs can you hold for 5 years and still make mistakes based on inexperience? A manager's only job is to put his team in the best position to win, and not only does Yost fail to do that, he frequently hurts their chances of winning with stubborn, arrogant behavior. I submit that unless you have Dusty Baker actively destroying your pitchers, you cannot have a worse manager than Ned Yost*.
* This excludes clearly unqualified choices like Jerry Royster, Davey Lopes and roguejim.
by Marty McSuperFly on Feb 9, 2008 11:21 AM CST up reply actions
Firemartymcsuperfly.com
I agree
I dunno if Jeff
by The Prospector on Feb 11, 2008 11:02 PM CST reply actions
that should read
by The Prospector on Feb 11, 2008 11:02 PM CST up reply actions
PS
by The Prospector on Feb 11, 2008 11:17 PM CST up reply actions
How?
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Feb 12, 2008 6:08 PM CST reply actions
Nevermind
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Feb 12, 2008 6:13 PM CST reply actions
HELP
IE: Proof that Andruw Jones sucks in CF
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Feb 12, 2008 6:22 PM CST reply actions

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