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
focus passion
It's flattering, but right now to me it's all words. I've been here 19 years. My loyalty, my focus, my passion is here.
thoughts win
My thoughts are here, and I want to be here, ... I want to win this now, here. That's my only focus.
attended individual people pump unless
Every individual has been attended to. But you can't simulate what it's like unless you pump 50,000 people into the stands.
leaning point toward
I do think that at some point or another this season, we're going to need 12 pitchers, but we're leaning toward 11 right now. That's probably going to happen.
above believe beyond deep expect good
I always expect good performances out of our starters, want them to go deep and believe in them -- but what they did is way above and beyond my expectations and those of a lot of other people.
jumping nobody
Hey, everything is up for grabs. Nobody is jumping up, so we will look in-house here, down below.
aware george winning yankees
I'm aware of it. What do I think? Flattering, interesting, ... George Steinbrenner and the Yankees ? there's no more winning organization.
less man third
If there's a man on third and less than two outs, El Duque isn't going to feel pressure,
cuban threw
Because he threw like that in Cuba, Duque said, 'Hey, let's go back to being a Cuban pitcher,'
happens
I'm concerned. If it happens again, I'm more concerned.
pitchers
There's not too many matchups that we don't feel comfortable with because our pitchers can do some things.
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.
days matter
He's an interesting character. There are days when A.J. has that look, and you know that no matter what you have to say, he's going to say the opposite.
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.