Ned Yost Calls Out Royals Fans

Brian D. Kersey/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Even though the Kansas City Royals are in the midst of one of their best seasons in decades, manager Ned Yost decided to give the fans a piece of his mind on Tuesday night.

Despite their success this season, the team is just 25th in Major League Baseball in attendance.

“I mean, what, 13,000 people got to see a great game? …We’re in a pennant race, yeah,” Yost, who has been the Royals manager since 2010, said.

“We’ve been working on trying to build this team for the last three or four years to put ourselves in a position where we can contend for a championship. And not only the division, but we want to contend for a world championship. It’s really, really important we have our fans behind us at the stadium,” he added.

“I know there’s different things you can do. You can watch it on the Internet. You can watch it on TV. But there’s a real need for our fans to be a part of this,” Yost continued. “We had a great crowd last night, and I was kind of hoping we’d have another great crowd tonight, and we really didn’t.”

Heading into Wednesday night, the Royals hold a 1.5 game lead over the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central. The team hasn’t made the playoffs since 1985, which is the last time they also won a World Series.


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