as a dope my whole life. And I took a team to the World Series that hadn’t been to the playoffs in 29 years. And now everyone knows them. And I’m still a big dope. But it doesn’t matter. What does it matter?’’ On February 18, 2016, the Royals announced that Yost had signed an extension with the team, keeping him as manager through the 2018 season. On September 17, 2016, Yost earned the 1,000th victory of his managerial career, in the Royals' 3–2 victory over the Chicago White Sox. In 2016, he was successful on a higher percentage of replay challenges than any other MLB manager with ten or more challenges, at 67.6%. In 2018 he was successful on a higher percentage of replay challenges than any other MLB manager with 10 or more challenges, at 75.6%. On September 23, 2019, Yost announced that he would retire at the end of the 2019 season. He finished his Royals career with 687 wins and 736 losses, both being franchise records for a manager in Royals history. Managerial record Personal life Yost and his wife, Deborah, have four children and live in rural Georgia during the off-season. One of his sons, Ned Yost IV, serves as a coach for the Nashville Sounds, Class AAA minor league affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. Prior to becoming a coach in 2009, the younger Yost played first base for the Class-A Brevard County Manatees in 2007, his third season in the minors, hitting .248 with a .283 slugging percentage. On November 4, 2017, Yost was in a tree stand near his home in Georgia when he fell twenty feet. He sustained a broken pelvis, and his surgeon was concerned that Yost might die from blood loss. Yost later said he was certain he would have died if he did not have his cell phone at the time of the fall. He later appeared in a television commercial for Verizon, crediting its wireless service with saving his life. Ned Yost was a close friend with NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, Sr. During the 1994 MLB Strike, Yost went to work with Earnhardt’s crew for the rest of the season as a “hydration specialist”. Earnhardt went on to win his record tying 7th NASCAR Championship that year and Yost was present when it happened. Yost credits Earnhardt on his abilities to win as a manager and after his