Teach the children well, Sox pitching coach says.(News)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December, 2005 | by Gier, Nancy

Byline: Nancy Gier Daily Herald Staff Writer For $25, they were given the ability to learn at the feet of the master, literally. A capacity enrollment of some 130 boys ages 9 to 14 gathered on the floor around White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper Saturday to review what they had learned in his pitching seminar.

Cooper was one of several current or former major league players and coaches at Pheasant Run Resort, taking part in the FastPitch and Baseball Show sponsored by The Legend Sports of Tinley Park. The two-day event offered clinics for players and youth coaches. For much of his seminar, Cooper stood in the center of two long lines of participants, shouting instructions in order to be heard in the expansive room, and demonstrating such points as how to...