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According to the Milwaukee Journal 
Sentinel, the Brewers have fired their manager Ned Yost.
The Brewers are 3–10 in September.
They are currently tied with the Phillies for first place in the Wild Card, though they have squandered a five-game lead.
…i am not sure i ever recall a team firing their manager, when essentially tied for a playoff spot…
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They probably should have done this a long time ago.
Do you mean a long time ago as back then when they had a 5 game lead?
No like well over a year ago.
Oh ok, then yeah i agree.
Why couldnt they do this BEFORE they played philly?
NY Post headline:
Yost is Toast
WOW.
I second that! WOW! Are they taking a page out of the Miami Heat and New Jersey Devils championship season playbook?
I honestly think this doesn’t happen were it not for the Mets’ 2007 example. They’re trying to avoid a Collapse, where a manager who has completely lost the team tries to steer them through the storm.
I am sorry but a team in a pennant race should not have to play for the manager. They should be playing for themselves and their teammates to make the damn playoffs. Who cares about the manager
Just so you recall, the Brewers collapsed last year under Yost already, the size, nature and timing were just more convenient.
The timing always makes it “dramatic” in so much as news, but when you blow large leads more than once it is just a bad sign.
That they replaced him with Dale Svuem though is just comical.
Odd time to do that.
If by Odd Time you mean “Just in the nick of time” then i agree
On the Uni watch front, i vote that the old school brewers logo is cooler than any other in the league. As a met fan im jealous
Yeah, its one of my favs as well.
agreed.
woow do we know whos gonna replace him?
Willie
That was awesome.
Upon being hired, Willie reportedly reviewed the team’s roster and concluded that he “trusts his guys.”
“The champagne will be sweeter when we bring this home to da cheezheads…”
3rd base coah
Dale Sveum, if the spelling is right.
Not as bold a move as you think. If the team turns it around, you look like a genius. If they tank, well, they were already tanking! Hmm. . . sounds familiar. . . .
yea yost lost that team a long time ago..maybe they need a breath of fresh air..like a interm manager…..that sounds so familiar but i cant just put my thumb on it……………
EC-Dub! EC-Dub! EC-Dub!
WOW someone didnt take well to their collapse….and they talk about ny being impatient…
Willie to manage the Brewers. LOL. Imagine that. Knock the mets out
I’m sure he’d do it for free too…
LOL @ Willie managing at the Major League level.
ha
WOOOWWW
I am almost as surprised as when the Mets fired Willie. As for him managing the Brewers, I am all for it. Automatic playoff spot. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!
Things that shock me today (includes reactions from events yesterday):
1. Zambrano threw a no-hitter
2. Ted Lilly is throwing a no-hitter right now
3. The Brewers couldn’t win a single game in Philly
4. Larry
5. Amy Nelson bitching about the Cubs and Astros in Milwaukee
6. The Nooner
7. The volcano taco from TB is as hot as my toothpaste
8. The Jets lost
9. LOL
10. Ned Yost got fired
If Lilly completes the no-hitter I will declare all jinxes dead.
and the mets brought back willie to start the season…
Shows how silly the Mets were.
EXACTLY!
Willie should’ve been kicked out of the parking lot before game 156 last year.
Was that the day after the Phillies 3 game sweep? If so, I agree.
do any of you even realize the Brewers are just as late to the boat as the Mets were? Yost fumbled a playoff down the stretch last year big time, including a division lead and then was swept at home in early August by the Cubs.
He was fired too late, not too soon.
No, but definitely after game 162. Should have said “Nothing against Willie, just going in a new direction.”
Oh well.
You mean how silly Omar was.
One thing that’s always overlooked, The Mets collapse overshadowed the Brewer’s collapse last season. The Brewers had an 8.5 game lead at one point last season and lost it. So this is more to do with the collapse they had last year very similar to what happened to Willie.
that was early in the season not in september
the timing is dramatic news, the size of the lead is still enormous and you have to play terrible baseball to achieve the final outcome.
They Cubs were not exactly world beaters and the Brewers just floundered from August on.
Because the timing matters.
either way you had to lose the same amount of games to achieve the outcome, the only thing that positions it as timing matters is the odds, teams do not routinely blow 6+ game leads no matter the time of year they had established that lead, exceptions being to injury, if the Mets had a 7 game lead with 27, 37 or 47 to play and still lost the division by 1 game it would have been no different, focusing on the drama sells papers and allows papers to sell more papers by having dramatic under tones of collapse, the result is the same no matter what, failure to achieve goal.
Actually as of right now it only shows that the Brewers are in Panic mode. If they make it to the playoffs, it’s a good move. If they don’t then we’re gonna have a problem here….
a year too late brewers…. a year too late…..
yost should have been toast last year after the brewers collapse.
hey prince fielder, how about eating some meat…..
I dont see the brewers plays a lot….i only saw when the Mets play them and i saw a few mistakes by the manager been made and yesterday i was following the Mil-Phi game in the web and i saw that with the game tied at 3, runners in 2nd and 3rd he walk Howard to load the bases looking for the double play and pitch to the DP master Pat Burrell, but he KEEPS the Lefthanded pitcher, Burrell connect a single and THEN he change the pitcher…i dont know was Yost thinking.
all i know is that we want them to keep getting Ls. this gives the mets at least wild card spot. i know people will say “screw that”, but its time to watch not just the division but the wild card. forget about willie, if the mets dont make the playoffs bc of bullpen it is bc omar diddnt get anyone to improve the arms.
sorry to disagree the bullpen has been this bad, since july, true, but everybody….specially me, expect them to get it back like the last few years, but in august they keep in bad shape…at that point is nothing much what it can be done.
I’m sure Omar was hoping for them to get right on track and even if we win the WS, the bullpen is gonna have a lot of changes.
He probably should have been fired after last season’s collapse, but to do this now? This late in the season–regardless of how much the Brewers have sucked recently–is flat out shocking!
Willie Randolf anyone?
The way the Brewers, who fired manager Ned Yost today, are playing, the Mets probably have a safety net in the wild card. Regardless, here’s the Monday lineup as the Mets open a four-game series in D.C. with the lead one game over the idle Phillies (two in the loss column):
Reyes, ss
Church, rf
Wright, 3b
Beltran, cf
Delgado, 1b
Tatis, lf
Castillo, 2b
Schneider, c
Martinez, rhp
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Here’s further circumstantional confirmation that Brandon Knight is Wednesday’s starter against the Nationals: He intends to throw a bullpen session today, which he typically does two days before starts.
***
First base coach Ken Oberkfell’s Houston home lost part of its roof, resulting in a collapsed ceiling and water damage. Oberkfell reports that his wife and children are doing fine despite the lack of power.
***
Luis Ayala may have lost his stranglehold on the closer’s role. His groin is a bigger issue than it’s been made out to be lately, and Mets officials knew even before he entered Sunday’s game that he didn’t have his good stuff. Ayala was up in the zone and hit hard by the Braves while suffering his second blown save in nine chances. A sign the Mets knew Ayala was in trouble: Brian Stokes and Pedro Feliciano were up quickly.
***
Triple-A Buffalo is expected to announce its new affiliation at a press conference next Monday. While nothing is official, I’d wager that’s where the Mets are relocating from New Orleans. Syracuse seems like a pretty dysfunctional situation from this distance. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
rubin
I dont want to hear Ryan Braun for MVP he has dissapear in the last few weeks and if you see Pujols line also, he still batting 4-2, 5-3 but no runs, no RBI…a lot of Left on Base, and his homers has been when the team is already up by good or loosing 7-2 and 6-1…so his homers are made when the game is mostly decided.
cubs have another no-hitter going thru 8 againt the ’stros.
are they even trying?
thru 6
typo. though i’m sure it will continue. it’s the off season for the ’stros
Really? Last I checked they are right in the Wild Card hunt…
1 hit in two days? it makes the 2007 (september) mets look like the ‘27 yankees
no no more :(
guys, I was thinking about possible postseaon series. if the phillies win the wild card, they would face the cubs and the mets would face the dogders. would you root for the phillies?, so we can avoid (sebathia and sheets) these two are scary even if the rest of brewers suck. I know we have a long way to go, but I was just thinking.
if phillies are playing the cubs and we’re playing the dodgers, that means CC & Sheets are on the golf course. If you meant Zambrano and Harden, then its something to think about…
did you read the whole comment?
lol!
i like that better, but the Mets NEED to win the division, i prefer to play the dodgers, that agains the cubs in a short series.
if that plays out that way…i think Cubs-Mets, but it doesn’t surprise me if the Phillies defeat the Cubs, i think the cubs pitching is overrated.
saying that after Zambrano pitched a no hitter makes you look kinda silly ya know :P i would love to face the Dodgers since we pwned them in round 1 last year and Joe Torre would be coming over to NY for the post-season
uh….u mean ‘06
Ballzy move by the Brewers front office. I wonder if Obama is paying attention!
Who should he fire?
Swap Joe for Hillary
Biden
How about if he named her Secretary of State? or Co-VP. Bill could be Secretary of Secretaries?
Freakin Finally!
I like how you tried to hide the magic #. Very sneaky!!!! Now remove that crap!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s 13 in case anyone missed it.
Game 1 Lineup
Reyes, ss
Church, rf
Wright, 3b
Beltran, cf
Delgado, 1b
Tatis, lf
Castillo, 2b
Schneider, c
Martinez, rhp
screw Castillo!!!!
I really want to see murphy at second. if we get to the playoffs, we will need our best lineup to score and many runs for our crappy bullpen.
reyes
murphy
wright
delgado
beltran
church
tatis
schneider
NED YOST IS NED TOAST!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH
clever………..
Just listened to Matt on that Radio show, but boy the host of that show is horrible…
I want to preface this by saying i fully believe the Mets will ultimately win the division. However, I was just thinking that if for some reason the Mets blow it again this year…it is going to get REAL ugly, REAL fast. I;m not sure this fan base can take another giant letdown like that..
they have a great shot to get in. I can’t listen to people who say I want to win the division. We have to get in anyway possible
“and the champaign will taste that much sweeter”… oh wait.. we used sayin that last season during a post game interview in the middle of the collapse…
The good thing about the Phils and Brewers series is that it also puts the Mets up in the Wild Card race should (God Forbid) they fall back.
The truth is, I would also rather see the Mets play the Dodgers than the Brewers in the first round. That would mean we wouldn’t have to face CC or Sheets.
yes, I agree I would love the mets to play the dodgers and sweep them just like in 2006.
The only way the Mets can play the Dodgers is if the Phils win the Wild Card, and the Mets win the division
that is my point
That’s what you get when you waste time petitioning the league to get a no hitter instead of focusing on a pennant race
Harsh…though CC should have gotten that no-hitter.
No way. That play was not an automatic out. It takes a perfect play, a perfect spin and a perfect throw. I applaud the scorekeeper for making the right call. A scorekeeper should make the same call whether there is a no-hitter or a blowout.
On the lineup, why won’t Jerry put Castillo in the 8th spot?? I know 2 left handed batters in a row. OMG what a horrible thing!! Give me a break! Schneider should be 7th he is hitting the ball a lot better than Castillo, and Castillo fits the 8th hole much better!!
Castillo fits much better in the bunch of of people who are unemployed
Thats not necessarily true. Though Castillo’s batting average is down, he is still getting on base at a .350 clip. Having him in the 7th spot allows Schneider to drive him in.
Of course, the flip side to this is that with Schneider in the 7th, he can be insurance in case Tatis fails to drive in any of the mid-order guy. With Castillo hitting 8, you’ve got a better chance at clearing the pitchers spot.
I can drive the ball better than Castillo. He shouldn’t even be in the MLB the way he’s been playing!
I’ve figured out what team is the perfect fit for Castillo and Heilman.
the leadership team at lehman brothers?
The long island ducks?
That’s funny. I was actually thinking of the Rockies. They’ll be in need of a 2B and a young SP. Plus a small market team might do Heilman well.
glad melvin has the guts to pull the trigger on a move that omar couldnt last year
Omar has a freakin Vag!
Do you even have an idea how childish and idiotic your posts are?
You claim to be 15, but I am guessing you are an immature 12.
And your idiotic name, your comment last night, and now this—-is someone a little sexually frustrated and confused?
screw you kingman, get off my back!
Then shut your obnxious, childish, idiotic mouth with the ridiculous posts.
NO ONE comes here to read a child write about Omar’s Vag.
A life my friend—GET ONE!!
Thank You kingman…
I know it is a losing battle, but I am trying….the Mets’ overall situtaion, the magic number/jinx controversy, etc, and we need an unsupervised 12 year old homophobe posting about Omar’s vag?
What is next??
Good name/prognostication by the way. I like it.
honestly Kingman I don’t see what your problem is ive noticed you attack this kid before, and personally I think you have no business doing so. What has he done to you? And yes, Omar has a Vag and is the worst GM to ever walk the planet!
I gotta jump in here. If Omar was so bad how come we have been in contention for the past three years. I gotta think Phillips was worst than Omar. Plus, in the annals of Mets history, only one GM the Mets have had has been as good and that was Frank Cashen.
umm try highest payroll in the National league………. if we don’t make the playoffs with the highest payroll there is something clearly wrong.
matt just reversed jinxed the brewers into the wild card
Lack of posts on such an important day in the season?
Today is a MUST win, just to shut up all the reports of Collapse 2.0, at least for one day.
Pedro needs to have a good outing.
The Mets need to come back after a brutal loss just like they have each time this year.
BTW, can we get a nice easy blowout today?
I think some of us are shell-shocked and out of emotion after this weekend. But if 2008 under Jerry goes to form, we get creamed today, the sky TRULY falls for the next 24 hours, then we win and the Philz lose tomorrow. Really, that would be appropriate.
I just want to be up on Sept. 29, whether it be in the nl east or wildcard, don’t care…just get in.
ask that question to the red hot David Wright ;)
when the mets win tonight will we see a darling jersey for the magic # or ken boswell?
shawn dunston circa 1999?
i vote Darling
Is there any way that Omar tells Manny Acta: throw away these 4 games and you’ll be our manager next year?
I thought he already had the job.
Yeah last person I’d want is Willie II aka Manny Acta.
Coop, you’ve met Heilman, right? Do you think he’d fair better somewhere else as a starter?
Suddenly the Willie canning doesn’t look so bad.
why? did the brewers gm show up at 3am and get yost out of bed to fire him?
Thanks BigPelf, I can’t believe that there isn’t any pregame notes and/or lineups posted. I fear that Matt is too busy for little old us now