(Source: Kansas City Royals) • Shop for Royals World Series gear One reason Kansas City is the capitol of baseball is that Yost, 61, trusts his players, especially young ones. 'It was special because I've been through all of these kids,' he said. 'I've seen most of these guys when they were in A-ball and when they were in Double-A, and watched them come up to the big leagues and watched them have success and watched them struggle a little bit, and finally get to the point where they developed as not only Major League Baseball players, but as great men.' Part of Yost's reliance on youth results from the fact he has managed a couple of small-market teams -- the Brewers (2003-08) and the Royals...
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