WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC: POOL C - COLOMBIA VS GREAT BRITAIN

March 13, 2023

Harold Ramirez

Chase Field

Team Colombia

Pregame Press Conference

Q. What has the reaction been like back in Colombia after the win you guys had on Saturday?

HAROLD RAMIREZ: We feel very excited. So today is a new game, different team. So we just focus to play the game -- the reaction was very good for us. We just enjoy the game.

Q. Mexico's victory versus United States, it makes it bigger what you guys did versus Mexico. So talk about this a little bit and the match against Great Britain today?

HAROLD RAMIREZ: Today, the match is very important today. I think we shouldn't focus on the other team. We should only focus on ourselves and do great work so that we were able to accomplish our things.

Q. Today, how did the team wake up? How do they feel? Is there some weird thing going on, some injuries, some worries, something that's not normal with the team?

HAROLD RAMIREZ: No, thank God, everybody is helpful. Thank God, everybody is at 100 percent so they can import their grain of salt so that we can win this game. And everybody's very happy. And they're all focused.

Q. Playing for Jolbert, how fun is that for you? What does he bring to the dugout?

HAROLD RAMIREZ: I play with him, like, 10 years ago. So the first time I know he's going to be the manager, it feels weird because he was my teammate. But the communication he has with the players, we feel very good with him like a manager.

Q. What does Colombia need in order to advance to the second round? Did you speak about this with your teammates?

HAROLD RAMIREZ: We just try to play our game, focus each game. We go day by day. We're not thinking about the future. We go day by day.