Jim Colborn
Jim Colborn
James William Colbornis a former Major League Baseball pitcher. The right-handed Colborn pitched for the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royalsand Seattle Mariners...
choice choices fortunate jim result staying time top work
Staying with Jim was the result of a very fortunate time in my life. I really had two first choices of where I wanted to be, with Jim or with the Mariners, a first-class organization to work for, ... at least one of the top candidates.
bring commitment good great group jim players playing potential seems staff synergy time wants
It would have been great to be back with them. But Pittsburgh's time seems to be on the rise, too, with some good players and some very good young pitchers, ... Jim wants to bring in as many of our L.A. staff as possible, with the idea that as a group we had commitment and synergy and had players playing up to their potential as much as possible.
calf couple days gotten happened large size
It happened a couple of days ago and it's gotten worse. I don't know how, but it doesn't take much to aggravate it. It's the size of a large cantaloupe. I think I strained the tendon in the back where the calf connects.
calf couple days gotten happened large size
It happened a couple of days ago and it's gotten worse, ... I don't know how, but it doesn't take much to aggravate it. It's the size of a large cantaloupe. I think I strained the tendon in the back where the calf connects.
alert case mind
You are always alert to if there is an exception, and my mind is open. In the case of Zach, I don't really think it is at this point.
bad bring carry failed feeling figured job maybe point whatever
You just never got the feeling you were part of the process. You were part of it, but a dispensable part of it. But that's all right. Maybe they had their own point of view, and they probably figured (we) weren't going to carry out what they wanted done. They have the right to bring in their own people. But I don't really look at it is I did a bad job or that I failed any kind of test. But whatever I had to offer, they didn't think it was valuable.
balance ball bit feels films good hit last saw seen spring theory throwing
My theory on him is that he's essentially still in Spring Training. He's behind, and he may have hit a little bit of that 'dead arm' phase. In general, he's throwing the ball better than he was when I saw him in January. It's consistent, he feels very good about it, his balance is good. It's a lot better than the films I've seen from last year.
bit spring theory
My theory on him is he's essentially still in spring training. He's behind, and he's going through a bit of a dead-arm period, something like that.
seemed stayed stronger
I was very impressed. He seemed to get stronger as he went along. He stayed in his delivery.
continue
He's doing fine. But we're going to continue to be cautious.
looked nice quite surprised
He looked really good. I was quite surprised that he looked so good. It was a really nice delivery.
balance compared delivery earlier looked mainly pace
I mainly wanted to see what his delivery looked like compared to earlier in the spring. The pace is much better, his balance is better. So I think we're on the right track.
establish extend good hitters inside keeps pitcher plate
Good hitters want to extend their arms, they want to take away the inside of the plate and look middle-to-away. If a pitcher can establish the inside of the plate, it keeps a hitter honest.
expected might refined
He's a lot more than I expected him to be. He's not as refined as he might be -- or is going to be -- but that's my impression.