Yost Fired, Sveum named Acting Manager; Yount bench coach, Iorg 3B coach

[JenksFan5]

No link yet.

[dlk9s]

Just saw it on ESPN and ran to my computer for details. Will post more if I find out anything before others do.

[RU Rah Rah]

Haudricourt reporting same.

[milwaukeesportsfan]

WSSP is reporting also

[uwbufu24]

Just heard it on the Cubs broadcast; Sveum is acting manager. Hopefully this lights some fires under butts in a good way.

[RU Rah Rah]

Per TH:

Brewers manager Ned Yost paid with his job for the team's September collapse today when he was fired with 12 games remaining in the season.

The Brewers have lost 11 of 14 games this month to go from 5 1/2 games ahead in the NL wild card race to tied with Philadelphia. The Brewers were swept over the weekend in four games by the Phillies, getting outscored 26-10.

There will be more to come.

[2hoophead]

Scott Van Pelt mentioned this also just now and will have John Kruk commenting soon.

EDIT: Also, Bench Coach Ted Simmons has been reassigned to an advisory role.

[dlk9s]

Yup, just saw it on JSOnline, but can't load the page for the story. Site must be flooded right now.

 

Well, I guess the poop just hit the fan.

[thebruce44]

its been all over Chicago Radio for like the last 5 min.

[ecjimg]

Seeeeeeet!

 

Edited!

(so happy, I cant type straight!)

 

I meant sweet!

[RU Rah Rah]

I am shocked, frankly. Simmons as interim?

[colbyjack]

Dale Sveum will serve as the interim manager, while Simmons is being re-assigned to an advisory role.

[stoops17]

wow, so late in the season

[milwaukeesportsfan]

Sparky is having a heart attack right now. Ted Simmons has been re-assigned to an advisory role.

[senorjerm]

As wonderful as this is, it's probably too little, too late.

[lukevan]

Well, that should solve all of our problems.

[GormanHarvey]

Yost out, Simmons in an advisory role, Svuem acting manager, and Yount back as bench coach!

 

Finally! Some hope!

[jwill535]

uwbufu24[/b]]Sveum is acting manager.

This is like having a Big O and getting kicked in the fellas at the same time. So you replace an incompetent manager with an incompetent coach?

[Bring Back the Stein]

Too little, too late. Sveum? Oh.

[yount19.u]

Wow, my outlook on the rest of the season is suddenly not as dire. Too bad they couldn't get rid of the entire staff. I am shocked that they did this with 12 games left in the season.

[SoCalBrewfan]

Yes. Yes. There's still time to make the playoffs...maybe? Once before a midseason manager switch preceded a Brewer playoff berth...ok, let me dream here.

[adamb100]

It's offical:

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/a...ws_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

[mark brouhard is number on]

pretty bush league in my book and makes the entire organization look like a laughingstock. what's the point with 12 games left. is it his fault his hitters forgot how to hit? while i agree that if they did not make the playoffs, at the end of the year he should have been fired, this is useless. so long ned, you didn't deserve it like this

[TeeJayh1980]

there is a God!!!!!!!!!!

[Invader3K]

Wow, huge news. Have to say I'm happy to hear that they're being aggressive in making a change. After Ryan Braun's comments in the JS, I think something had to happen, as clearly they didn't have a winning mindset anymore.

 

Kind of surprised Sveum will be interim and not Simmons, though.