Everybody panic!!

"The Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ned Yost on Monday, hoping to pull out of another late-season slump that has jeopardized the team's chance of making the playoffs for the first time since 1982."

The Brewers, after dropping 7 of their last 8 games and watching a 4 game wild card lead turn into a tie with the Phillies, lost their cool and fired their manager in one of those knee-jerk reactions that always ends well for a ballclub.  Not that Yost was an essential part of the club's success or anything, but how is firing your manager with 12 games left going to make any difference unless he is personally spiking his lineup's drinking water with qualudes?  And the Brewers are still having a better season than they've had in decades.

No word yet on who will be taking his place for the rest of the season, but it won't be Ted Simmons.  The announcement should come at a press conference they've scheduled for tonight.

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Update:  Third base coach Dale Sveum will take over as interim manager for the rest of the season.