SportsBeat KC: Remembering what made Royals’ 2015 season special with now-retired Yost
It was not the most talented team Ned Yost had managed or coached, but the 2015 World Series-champion Royals were the closest and most clutch. They proved it time and again in the playoffs and World Series, with eight of their 11 victories in comeback fashion.
Yost joins Kansas City Star columnist Vahe Gregorian and SportsBeat KC host Blair Kerkhoff in a conversation about how he, his staff and KC’s front office had to suffer through some growing pains to reach the top, and how coming up just short in the 2014 World Series served as motivation for the 2015 team.
Also, Yost details his decision to send Wade Davis back out in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series against the Toronto Blue Jays following a 45-minute rain delay and more than an hour between pitches for his dominant closer.
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Ned Yost reflects on Royals’ rise, a vast 90-foot contrast, and when 2015 championship sunk in
What we remember from the Royals ALDS-clinching Game 5 vs. Astros
2015 flashback: Stories, photos, pages from Royals’ Game 5 ALDS clinching victory