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- Updated: May 13, 2016
KANSAS CITY — Technically, Royals manager Ned Yost held a closed-door “discussion” with his team last weekend in Cleveland.
But he loathes any more to call them team meetings.
“They’re not really team meetings,” Yost said. “It’s just to tell them, ‘You guys are fine. Keep plugging away.’ When you’re struggling and not producing, you feel like everyone is looking at you sideways. But this isn’t a group that loses its energy much.”
The Royals had lost 12 of 16 entering Friday’s game with the Braves, but other than the discussion he had with them a as a group last Friday, Yost doesn’t anticipate trying to light any fires.
“You don’t need to,” Yost said. “It was just to let them know, ‘Hey, I see you. I see you busting your [butt] out there.’ These guys are World [Series] champions, man.”
Second base/right field fluid Yost said as …
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