They have never set up wireless internet at the Ned Yost family farm outside LaGrange, Ga., and the reality can lead to some difficult decisions. When Yost, the Royals’ long-time manager, wants to get online during the offseason, he has to walk outside and access the 3G on his iPhone. The service is better out there, he says, but this cuts into his data, and he’s always burning up the limited plan. So the gift of the internet is a tool he must ration.
“I kind of pick and choose on what I care to look at,” Yost says.