Episode Details

The Ned Yost decade with the Royals will end this week. The club announced he’ll step down at the end of this season.

Star columnist Sam Mellinger, who has covered the entire Yost tenure, chats with host Blair Kerkhoff about the mostly good times with the manager and speculates on the future of the job.

Also, Sam McDowell helps introduce new Chiefs beat writer Herbie Teope, who loaded up the truck from New Orleans to return to a market he knows well. Herbie covered the Chiefs before spending the last four years in New Orleans.

Read the stories we discussed:

Sam Mellinger: How Ned Yost and the Royals brought out the best in each other:

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/sam-mellinger/article235394907.html

Mike Matheny might not be a slam dunk as next Royals manager: https://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/article235393687.html

Royals owner David Glass opens up: Why now, why Sherman, best memories and regrets: https://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/sam-mellinger/article235273092.html

Herbie Teope is joining The Kansas City Star to cover Chiefs, Mahomes, Reid & Co.https://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/article234719622.html

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