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The Woelfel World of Sports
Yost's critics are way off base
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April 10, 2008 at
6:48PM CST
BY GERY WOELFEL I’m driving my car Thursday afternoon, listening to the Brewers’ post-game show on WSSP (1250 AM). The show, as always, is entertaining and informative with Steve “Sparky’’ Fifer and Tim Allen doing a thorough job of covering all the bases. Yet, every time Fifer and Allen cleanly fielded a call – they still haven’t committed an error this season -- Brewers manager Ned Yost’s name would inevitably crop up. And it wasn’t brought up in a flattering manner. Many of the callers lambasted Yost. They questioned whether he made a mistake by leaving starting pitcher Carlos Villanueva in too long. They questioned why Yost continues to use Gabe Gross and why he would use Gross instead of Gabe Kaper, who has had a hot bat. Being questioned and being the lightening rod for criticism goes with the territory when you have a high-profile job like Yost's They become even more of a target when everybody on the universe with an IQ of above five thinks they can do as good or better of a job. Yet, criticizing Yost at this stage of the season is nothing short of ludicrous. The last time I checked the Brewers were just nine games into a season that still has 153 games yet to be played. The last time I checked Yost still didn’t have the services of one of his best pitchers in Yovani Gallardo and of his best defensive outfielder in Mike Cameron. The last time I checked the Brewers’ dynamic duo of Prince Fielder and Ryan Braun have yet to get on their groove. The last time I checked Yost’s Brewers had a 6-3 record. I think some people need to get a life.
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