Don Cooper

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Donald "Coop" James Cooper (born January 15, 1957 in New York City) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball and the current pitching coach of the Chicago White Sox. He played for the Minnesota Twins (1981-82), Toronto Blue Jays (1983) and New York Yankees (1985). He has been in the White Sox organization since 1988.

He attended Msgr. McClancy Memorial High School (class of 1974) and New York Institute of Technology.

[edit] Mike North incident

Don Cooper's name has been in Chicago Media news recently for an on-air altercation with WSCR 670am morning radio personality Mike North during the "Mike North Morning Show" on June 14th, 2007. Resulting (arguably) from the confrontational approach North takes to his interviews

One of the highlights of the short, and abrasive interview was Don Cooper referring to Mike North as a "jerk-off" on the air. He did so in response to North's accusation that the White Sox team, as a whole, are content with the idea of just "laying down" and waiting for the season to end. And the unstated implication that the coaching staff is responsible for the White Sox' perceived indifference towards the team's recent struggles.

[edit] External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

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