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
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.
amazed beyond maybe stop
This is beyond what I was expecting. It's pretty amazing. I don't know, maybe I should stop being amazed by these guys.
amazing anybody baseball coach job last managing maybe physical pitching problems wish yankees
They went through the last two years something I wouldn't wish on anybody because of all their physical problems, ... That's an amazing job Mel did. Maybe the only job in baseball as complicated as managing the Yankees is being pitching coach for the Yankees.
maybe staying
It's like when 'Seinfeld' went off the air, ... By staying around maybe you dilute what you've accomplished.
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.
against amazed anybody club expecting maybe stop three
I don't think anybody could tell you, 'Yeah we were expecting three CGs against a club like that.' It's pretty amazing. I don't know, maybe I should stop being amazed by these guys.
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.
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.
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.
love problem trust
Trust me, this is a problem we love having.
bit break earlier good means might mound says sure sweat throwing
What it means to me when he says that is, OK, we might have to get out a little earlier and do a little more inside. Come out here a little bit earlier. Make sure we get enough throwing in, long toss, and then get on the mound and get a good workout. Break a sweat before we leave.
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.