News: Brewers fire Yost
By Matthew Cerrone - Sep 15, 2008 3:16 pm

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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Comment by Nightlife
2008-09-15 15:17:21

They probably should have done this a long time ago.

Comment by GangstasOnTheField
2008-09-15 15:43:43

Do you mean a long time ago as back then when they had a 5 game lead?

Comment by Nightlife
2008-09-15 15:45:07

No like well over a year ago.

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Comment by GangstasOnTheField
2008-09-15 16:07:41

Oh ok, then yeah i agree.

 
 
 
Comment by Burn_Philly_Down
2008-09-15 15:45:12

Why couldnt they do this BEFORE they played philly?

 
Comment by richm26
2008-09-15 17:21:12

NY Post headline:

Yost is Toast

 
 
Comment by therealsince86
2008-09-15 15:17:23

WOW.

Comment by giuseppe franco_procede
2008-09-15 15:18:06

I second that! WOW! Are they taking a page out of the Miami Heat and New Jersey Devils championship season playbook?

Comment by toomanyuniforms
2008-09-15 15:25:03

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.

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Comment by DjDeF
2008-09-15 15:27:39

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

 
Comment by patrick
2008-09-15 15:48:04

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.

 
 
 
 
Comment by rogasm
2008-09-15 15:18:08

Odd time to do that.

Comment by HangingSlider
2008-09-15 15:19:54

If by Odd Time you mean “Just in the nick of time” then i agree

 
 
Comment by HangingSlider
2008-09-15 15:21:15

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

Comment by Nightlife
2008-09-15 15:25:28

Yeah, its one of my favs as well.

 
Comment by domosnacks5
2008-09-15 15:28:59

agreed.

 
 
Comment by NyXmets4life
2008-09-15 15:21:30

woow do we know whos gonna replace him?

Comment by SheaVendor
2008-09-15 15:22:53

Willie

Comment by HangingSlider
2008-09-15 15:24:42

That was awesome.

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Comment by ToastyJoe
2008-09-15 15:56:58

Upon being hired, Willie reportedly reviewed the team’s roster and concluded that he “trusts his guys.”

 
Comment by steadyeddie
2008-09-15 17:39:43

“The champagne will be sweeter when we bring this home to da cheezheads…”

 
 
 
Comment by XbLaDe31
2008-09-15 15:22:54

3rd base coah

 
Comment by npanzeca
2008-09-15 15:23:11

Dale Sveum, if the spelling is right.

 
 
Comment by toomanyuniforms
2008-09-15 15:22:33

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. . . .

Comment by Dirtysanchez
2008-09-15 15:30:53

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……………

 
 
Comment by HeadlinerG60
2008-09-15 15:25:09

EC-Dub! EC-Dub! EC-Dub!

 
Comment by Dirtysanchez
2008-09-15 15:25:49

WOW someone didnt take well to their collapse….and they talk about ny being impatient…

 
Comment by BigPelf4prez
2008-09-15 15:27:07

Willie to manage the Brewers. LOL. Imagine that. Knock the mets out

Comment by ksuth
2008-09-15 15:28:58

I’m sure he’d do it for free too…

 
 
Comment by HeadlinerG60
2008-09-15 15:28:56

LOL @ Willie managing at the Major League level.

Comment by enoughisenough
2008-09-15 15:30:28

ha

 
 
Comment by danlx13
2008-09-15 15:31:13

WOOOWWW

 
Comment by losmets5
2008-09-15 15:33:14

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!!!!!!!!!!!

 
Comment by HeadlinerG60
2008-09-15 15:39:27

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

Comment by DjDeF
2008-09-15 15:46:11

If Lilly completes the no-hitter I will declare all jinxes dead.

 
 
Comment by SantanaCYYOung
2008-09-15 15:39:37

and the mets brought back willie to start the season…

Comment by npanzeca