I don't know if it mattered. I only know what it felt like.
With 12 games to play in the 2008 season and Milwaukee suddenly trailing in the Wild Card race, it felt for all the world like unless Ned Yost was fired, the Brewers would miss the playoffs -- again. Is that nonsense? Probably. Yost was the man who'd brought them to be in playoff position in the first place, and with two weeks remaining, it's not likely Dale Sveum was going to be a major improvement. Svuem owns a career .399 winning percentage as a manager and again serves as Yost's hitting coach, now in Kansas City.