Sep 17, 2008 1:16 PM EST

Ned Yost said he was confident that he would have led the Brewers to their first playoff berth since 1982 had he been allowed to finish the season.

?I put my heart and soul into this team for six years,? said Yost, who spoke from his residence in Milwaukee. ?We were 16 games over .500. Nobody?s going to tell me we weren?t going to make the playoffs.?

Via Journal Sentinel