Though he met only with Fetters and Wickman, Garner was actually doing a little preventive maintenance on the morale of the entire team. Garner was particularly worried about Fetters, who set the tone for the dismal 0-5 trip by blowing a save against Seattle May 13 at County Stadium. The trick is to stick around long enough to have a lot of bad streaks. If you only have one or two, it means you ain't in the game. You're someplace else.
Good pitchers can get into a bad streak, but they are able to straighten it out.
They have that mentality. Garner doesn't have to look far to find an example of that mentality. Veteran right-hander Doug Jones exudes confidence every time he walks on the mound. I don't want to see Wickman and Fetters change their demeanor. They're going to get beat sometimes, but they're also going to win a whole lot more.