Ned Yost has six games left headed into Tuesday night’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Miller Park in Milwaukee not only to save a very promising season that has gone south, but to save his job as the manager of the Brewers.

The Brewers enter play Tuesday night three games behind the Chicago Cubs in the NL Central and will need a miracle if they are to get to the post season for the first time since 1982 when they went to World Series where they eventually lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games.

The Brewers at one time this summer had a 8 1/2 game lead in the NL Central. They where the hottest team in baseball and should’ve been on cruise control toward their first post season bid in 25 years. Thats when the Brewers began their downward spiral and it all began with Yost’s decisions on the field, especially his questionable calls with his bullpen.

Baseball is played over a six month period and a lot of things change over the course of a season. Players go through streaks all season long and when a player isn’t performing on the field, sometime a manager has no decision but to sit his star. Unfortunately for Brewers fans, Yost decided to stick by Derrick Trunbow as his setup man.

Turnbow and closer Francisco Cordero gave Milwaukee the best closing combination in the major leagues for the first two months of the season. Both players were virtually hitless as Turnbow took care of the 8th inning and Cordero was lights out in the 9th inning as the Brewers closer.

Then June came around and for some reason Turnbow hit a wall. Turnbow has some of the nastiest stuff in the major leagues but if you can’t throw the ball across the plate for strikes in the major leagues, you probably should not have a job.

In a sight all too familiar to Brewers fans this summer and fall, Yost would call on Turnbow in the 8th inning of a game which Milwaukee was leading. Turnbow would come in and pounce his first two pitch 10 feet in front of the plate and eventually walk the lead-off hitter and then proceed to walk the next batter in the same fashion.

Then the next batter knew exactly what was coming, a TBow fastball right down the pipe which they teed off on and usual sent flying out of the park.  Ned Yost could then be seen, like clock work, walking to the mound with his head down and grabbing the ball from Turnbow now with his Brewers trailing in the game in which they eventually went on to lose.

Yost and Brewers fans across the country need a miracle this week if they plan on keeping their season alive come October. Do I believe that Ned Yost deserves to manage the Brewers in the future – yes but with one exception. When it comes down to pitching personnel and decisions, those decision should rest in the hands of the Brewers pitching coach, Mike Maddox.