It was the first stop of the Ned Yost Farewell Tour, a meeting with the media in the basement of Kauffman Stadium. It was, as expected, a tour de force… Classic Ned. It was unsentimental and unapologetic. For someone who professes not to like to talk about himself and won’t dive into the pop psychology of self-actualization or self-analysis, he remains a fascinating character.
“The ring that he’s wearing (referring to Mike Swanson the team’s director of media relations who introduced Yost and noted he was responsible for the World Series ring Swanson was wearing) is contributed by Sal, by Alex Gordon, me, Dayton, Chuck Hawk, Jeff Davenport, Pedro Grifol… You know, it was a team effort to do that.