Is Ned Yost smarter than a fifth-grader?

Being a baseball fan is complicated by the fact that the industry puts not very smart people in positions of authority.

Royals manager Ned Yost is getting killed for his refusal to pinch-hit for shortstop Alcides Escobar, who has looked helpless at the plate. Yost thinks he’s preparing Escobar for the future by letting him hit in critical situations late in games. The problem with Yost’s argument is that it’s easily refuted by people who have 20 IQ points on him.