MILWAUKEE -- Most Brewers fans, even the young ones, know about Ned Yost the manager. But it takes a fan of a certain age to remember Ned Yost the player and the moment he etched himself into franchise lore with one of the unlikeliest home runs in club history.
Long before Nyjer Morgan "tickled" a hit up the middle to win Game 5 of the 2011 National League Division Series, another surprise hero, Yost -- Milwaukee's seldom-used backup catcher -- smashed a go-ahead home run over the Green Monster to give the 1982 Brewers a critical victory in their bid to win the American League East.