Ned Yost likes to hide and scare his players

Ned Yost is the manager of the Kansas City Royals. Ned Yost likes to hide behind doors and scare his players. These are two facts about Ned Yost.

That is the only possible takeaway from Rustin Dodd’s profile of Royals’ manager Ned Yost in the Kansas City Star on Friday morning.

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As you might expect, the article largely contains quotes from players defending the much-maligned Yost because of the atmosphere he creates in the clubhouse. You know, team chemistry and all that. But this story from Jarrod Dyson steals the show in the article:

"Dyson, the Royals’ outfielder, was walking past a row of lockers on his way to early batting practice. As he passed through a doorway, a large, middle-aged man was hiding behind the corner, quietly waiting to leap out and spook the 30-year-old Dyson.It was Ned Yost.“Ned likes to hide behind doors and scare people, man,” Dyson says. “That’s something he’ll do in a heartbeat. He’ll hide and jump out when you least expect it. And you’re, like, shaken up a little bit.”Dyson pauses for a moment, and, well, the next question is obvious. Wait a second, this happens a lot?“He gets me almost every day,” Dyson says."

Every day!

Ned Yost might not be much of an in-game tactician, but he kills it at peek-a-boo and hide and seek.

This is really a thing. This is also my new favorite thing.

A number of people have their eyes on manager Ned Yost as the Kansas City Royals prepare for the ALCS against the Baltimore Orioles. It can be difficult to tell how much managers actually affect games, but the match-up between Buck Showalter (a good manager) and Yost (a bad manager) seems like it’s not a fair fight. That’s the case on the field, at least.

Off the field might be another story entirely, however. Ned Yost likes to hide and scare his players, and they love him for it, apparently.

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