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
buy dead division people players race
A lot of people had us dead before the division race was over. But our players didn't buy into that.
defensive elite gives good opportunity personnel player row six skills smaller talented teams three using
We haven't utilized it yet, because we just don't have the personnel right now. We play our six most talented people. Most of the elite teams are using them, because it gives a smaller player who has good defensive skills an opportunity to play the back row more often than just three rotations.
everybody exception few guy happened kicks leagues norm player ready rest
The guy wasn't dogmeat before this year. He was just young and he wasn't ready to give the things that everybody expected. When a player comes to the big leagues and kicks butt and the rest is history, that's the exception to the rule. The norm is what happened with Jon. You give a few beatings and you take a few beatings, but you get to where you want to go.
chances liked spring
I liked our chances from Day One in spring training,
forward looking
I'm really looking forward to this. It's fun.
attention career coach hopes intentions last nice rest stuff white wish
The attention is nice and flattering, but with all that stuff that was going on last year, I had no intentions to go anywhere. My wish and my hopes for the rest of my career is to be a coach for the White Sox.
black cloud doom lifted seen white
Once the cloud lifted when we clinched, that black cloud of doom - hey, you know what, we've seen the white light,
After (Thursday), for sure, we'll have a course.
knew
Again, I wasn't there long, but you knew when (Martin) was in the room, who was in charge,
concerned freddy good looked main maybe pitching
Again, I'm concerned about a lot of things, being the pitching coach. Freddy being good wasn't one of them. I know Freddy is good. We all know what he could do. My main concern was the other day when he looked for that fastball, it wasn't there. But you know what? Maybe it just wasn't time.
I'm not even fantasizing about (the Yankees), ... Actually, all of this is a little embarrassing.
sure
I'm not sure what to say, ... other than, 'Wow.'
believe
I've gotta believe that my managing tenure has come to an end here.
bad matter mind needed second
No matter how you tell him it's not going to be that bad out there, you get out there and ... (expletive). This will get his mind right for (the second round) and he needed that.