Communicating with the umps
“He didn’t tag him. I just went out to ask a question,” Cooper said.
“[Campos] said he didn’t tag him. I said he missed him. I said, ‘So you’re perfect, you’re two for two.’ He said, ‘Don’t say it again.’ I said, ‘Why can’t I ask you that and that?’ That was it; it was all over. So I’m sure he probably thought I was upset or angry about a couple of nights ago, but I wasn’t.”
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Communicating with his best pitcher
Asked about the conflicting accounts on Sunday morning, both Cooper and Oswalt indicated it wasn’t any big deal.
“I think just the signal was wrong, a misunderstanding, but we’re on top of it, so it’s not an issue,” Cooper said. “… Actually, it’s already been taken care of by those guys, but I need to talk to Roy to make sure we’re all on the same page.” …
Oswalt hadn’t talked to Robinson on Sunday morning and had no plans to talk with him or Cooper … When asked if he was comfortable with what happened on Saturday night, Oswalt said he was.
“I haven’t really even talked to Dewey this morning about it,” Oswalt said. “I mean, I don’t know — he came to me in the seventh inning and asked me if I could go out there one more inning, and I thought I was pushing it a little. But I don’t know, I haven’t talked to anybody yet.”
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Communicating with his leadoff hitters
“I thought he swung the bat OK the last couple of days, so I’m going to get him back where he belongs and let’s see what happens. That’s basically it,” Cooper said.
Cooper took a two-game look at Hunter Pence in the leadoff spot before bringing Bourn back. This move was not about Pence.
“This is not about Hunter and how he feels,” Cooper said. “This is more about trying to get Michael off and running. We need him to be a prototypical leadoff hitter. This guy’s almost automatic when he steals.”
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