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
moving coaching knows
I'm not in charge of making moves, you know. I'm in charge of coaching.
baseball jobs believe
I don't believe there's a baseball job that I couldn't take care of.
brain hey pitching
That whole thing about, 'Hey, ex-catchers are the best managers.' Listen, pitching coaches have some brains, too. Sometimes they're not all there, but sometimes they are.
white house pitching
Starting pitching will either lead you to the White House or the out house.
believe deserve
We don't get what we deserve. We get what we BELIEVE we deserve.
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.
held inmates knew refreshing rules run
You knew who was the boss. That's a refreshing thing now. Here in Chicago, the inmates don't run the asylum. They're held accountable. They know what the rules are.
impressed
We can see what they look like and give them a little experience. Yeah, we've been impressed with all of those kids.
waiting
We're all waiting to see how Jose does. Then we'll have a lot more answers.
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.
love problem trust
Trust me, this is a problem we love having.
chance considered everybody great ourselves people proven raising riding start twice
To me, what's riding on this now is if we go out there and do our thing - which we've already proven to ourselves we can - we've got a chance to be considered a great team. Everybody can do it once. You do it twice and people start raising their eyebrows.
bad believe boys
We're just like 'Boys Town,' ... We believe there's no such thing as a bad boy.
national
We did everything we can do with these guys. They're like the National Guard. They're on 24-hour call.