Brewers Fire Yost...the Chicago Way

Submitted by Cubnut on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 12:56pm

offers a historical perspective on the Brewers' firing of Ned Yost while in the thick of the race for the post-season.

Turns out the 1932 Cubs were the first team to change managers mid-season (Rogers Hornsby out; in) and then go on to win the pennant. The 1938 Cubs repeated the maneuver (Grimm out; Gabby Hartnett in) and again, the result was a National League championship.

Cub-related names are all over this phenomenon:

, who steered the Cubs to the 1984 NL East title, was canned by the Royals on their way to the second half AL West title in the strike-shortened 1981 season.

And also in 1981, Yankees manager , who managed the Cubs for part of the 1987 season, was replaced by Bob Lemon, whose team went on to capture the AL pennant.

All in all, the Brewers' situation sounds like , orchestrated by an impetuous owner.

I hope Mark Cuban never does anything like this to us.

 

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Submitted by navigator  on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 1:42pm  
is Yost a verb? Damn, who yosted Transmission?

Submitted by nohit  on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 2:00pm  
Rumor mill says it was a female who is *not* Johann's mom.

Submitted by Cubnut  on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 2:01pm  

navigator,

You have inspired a complete overhaul of the headline.

By the way, the answer to your question is yes, it is a verb:

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/blog_articl...

Submitted by Mister Whipple  on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 2:39pm  
Transmission passed away peacefully in his sleep. Unlike the passengers in his car who were screaming for dear life.

Submitted by crunch  on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 5:51pm  
that's a load of crap. the real story is transmission is spending a lot of time with a lovely woman who happens to be amish and she dont have the internet on her oil lamp.

Submitted by The Joe  on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 6:21pm  
Amish only date other Amish.

Submitted by crunch  on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 6:27pm  
why you gotta be bringing facts into this? hehe...

Submitted by 10man  on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 11:25pm  
Amish date? I thought the marriages were just arranged?

Submitted by Chad  on Wed, 09/17/2008 - 1:49am  
no they use A-Date. They go down to the church and read the other single profiles.

Submitted by The Joe  on Wed, 09/17/2008 - 12:08pm  
Actually, they're segregated in church. Women on one side, men on the left. But no, they don't go out on modern-type dates. They slip away during barn-raisings and, if they're naughty, hold hands.

Submitted by nohit  on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 12:58am  
They must have a way to deal with the pent up sexual frustration. I'm envisioning manually-powered sex toys made out of wood. Watch out for splinters!

Submitted by Jace  on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 2:11pm  
"Rogers Hornsby was my manager, and he called me a talking pile of pigshit. In front of my parents! Did I cry? No! You know why??? BECAUSE THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!!!" - Jimmy Dugan

Submitted by jacos  on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 2:13pm  
Chestnuts yosting on an open fire.......

Submitted by Chad  on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 2:19pm  
While I think that Yost is an idiot everyone over looks the fact that... THE BREWERS ARE NOT A GOOD TEAM! Prince Fielder is one dimensional and way overrated. Ryan Braun is a very good player but is not as good as last year would make you believe. His line this year: .290 .335 .564 is going to be his career line. Very good. But not: .324 .370 .634 Which he put up last year. JJ Hardy is a good player as is Corey Hart. Besides that the rest of the team is weak. Very weak. Then there is the pitching staff. Yes, CC is great as is Sheets. But besides that, the rest of them are garbage. I mean terrible. And yes, I know they are missing a young quality pitcher in Gallardo (sp?) but even then, if their starters can't go the distance, you are never out of a game with them. Screw the Brewers! I hate them more than the Cardinals.

Submitted by Bigz  on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 2:28pm  
tells us how you really feel chad

Submitted by Mike Vail  on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 3:00pm  
Blah blah blah overrated; they have a chance. Plenty of "hot" teams get in the PS and stay there not because they're all that, but because they're hot at the right time.Last year's Colorado Rockies anyone? 2006 Cards? I'm not taking anyone lightly. look how bad we've been.

Submitted by Rob Richardson  on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 3:05pm  
"Joe Torre, Ron Santo and Gil Hodges are among 10 players on the latest Hall of Fame ballot for Veterans Committee voters." [ ] "Voting results will be announced Dec. 8 at baseball's winter meetings in Las Vegas. A player needs 75 percent to be elected -- the living 64 Hall members will vote." http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3...

Submitted by jacos  on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 3:55pm  
Now Sharon Pinazo is gone who's job is it to call Ron to tell him he didn't get in? i keed.

Submitted by Chifan  on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 4:26pm  
CF Cameron 2B Durham LF Braun 1B Fielder SS Hardy RF Hart 3B Counsell C Kendall P CC

Submitted by Cubnut  on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 4:46pm  

Cubs lineup per S-T

sori, riot, lee, rami, soto, dero, jhnsn, cdno, demp

Submitted by Chad  on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 6:28pm  
notice what Svuem (or however he spells his name) bats the pitcher 9th? Tells you what he thought of Yost's lineups.

Submitted by Rob G.  on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 6:34pm  

Yost scrapped the pitcher batting 8th around May 25th.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/2...

Submitted by crunch  on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 6:52pm  
replacing manny parra with seth mcclung is not a good way to start your new managing tenure, imo. great arm...wild as hell, though.

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