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Brewers expected to name Yost today

Then-backup catcher hit homer to help team win pennant in 1982

By MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM mcunningham@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel

Tuesday, October 29, 2002

Fresh off the worst season in franchise history, the Milwaukee Brewers are turning to a figure from their storied past to be their manager.

Ned Yost, a backup catcher on the Brewers' 1982 pennant-winning team and a coach with the Atlanta Braves the past dozen years, will be introduced as Brewers manager at a news conference this afternoon at Miller Park, sources said.

A baseball source who spoke with general manager Doug Melvin over the weekend at the World Series said Yost was Melvin's choice to ...

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