Don Cooper
Don Cooper
Donald James Cooperis a former pitcher in Major League Baseball and the current pitching coach of the Chicago White Sox...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth15 January 1957
CountryUnited States of America
confidence delivery hold instill needed remake runners speed worked
Basically, we had to remake him. We worked on his delivery to speed him up and get him to hold runners better. He was also tipping his pitches. But most of all we needed to instill confidence in him.
further guy mac needs ready spot spring until
Mac needs to come into spring ready to get a lot of innings. I'm not going to say he's our long guy or our seventh-inning guy or a spot starter, but he is a reliever right now until further notice.
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Let's face it, there was a lot of criticism when he started in New York. I've been saying, if that would have ruined his career, then he's not the guy we thought he was anyway. And we've all seen first-hand that's not the case.
difficult face five innings looked work
Let's face it, it's very, very difficult to get our work in. The disappointing thing is that it looked like we were going to get our five innings in.
national
We did everything we can do with these guys. They're like the National Guard. They're on 24-hour call.
begun bigger game happened history legacy maybe might name time type white
I think that game might have permanently etched Buehrle's name in White Sox history and maybe even begun a legacy type of thing. It couldn't have happened at a better time or a bigger moment.
envisioned facing point yankees
I think this is what the Yankees envisioned when he was there. I just don't think he was prepared, at that point in his life, for what he was facing there.
needed series year
Just because we didn't need them in that series ... we needed them all year and we're going to need them again.
thoughts win
My thoughts are here, and I want to be here, ... I want to win this now, here. That's my only focus.
aggressive began believe confidence great himself perception physical process
My perception was that he was a great physical specimen, and what a worker. He didn't have as much confidence in himself as he should, wasn't as aggressive as he should be, and we began a process - and it was a process - of getting him to believe in himself.
attitude believes brings confident knows season
I think the attitude he now brings into this season is because he knows what he's got. He's a very confident guy, and he believes in that stuff, the way he should.
guy hang health recent
He's had some lumps, and recent health issues, but the guy can pitch, and if we can hang on, the postseason is a place where he can perform.
coming guy handled heart moments
He's got toughness, heart and he's pretty calm. He's been in some pretty big moments for a 24-year-old guy coming up from Double-A. And he's really handled it.
bottom feeling line mental test took
We took it out for a little test run, and it was as much mental for him as it was physical. But the bottom line is he's feeling good.