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Un-Covering the Past CECIL COOPER.(play of former Milwaukee Brewer)(Brief Article)
Former Brewers slugger appeared on Baseball Digest cover 20 years ago
Twenty summers ago, Cecil Cooper was at the height of his major league career and on the verge of bringing the Brewers their most exciting team in franchise history.
He appeared on the June 1981 cover of Baseball Digest under the lead story "Cecil Cooper: He Would Rather Be No. 1!".
Cooper hit .308 with 106 RBI and an A.L. leading 44 doubles in 1979 pacing the Brewers to 95 wins and a second-place finish in the A.L. East behind the pennant-winning Orioles.
In 1980, Cooper put up MVP numbers by hitting .352 with 219 hits, 25 homers and a league-leading 122 RBI. His performance helped guide the Brewers to 86 victories and a third-place finish, short of their expectations of challenging for the pennant. "It was disappointing but we didn't have the pitching," Cooper said of the 1981 season. "and we didn't play well enough defensively."
The following season, the Brewers were front-runners for the division title, and due to the 1981 player's strike, the season was split into two half seasons. The Brewers made the playoffs by finishing the second half with the A.L.'s best record. Milwaukee lost the divsional ...
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- Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail THE ASSOCIATED PRESS September 22, 2009 700+ words
...HOUSTON - The Houston Astros fired manager Cecil Cooper on Monday with 13 games left in another...He played 11 seasons for the Milwaukee Brewers and his hiring as Houston's manager...commissioner Bud Selig, who owned the Brewers from 1977- 87. Houston scored only...
- Houston Astros fire Manager Cecil Cooper.
- News wire article from: UPI Energy Resources September 21, 2009 700+ words
The Houston Astros fired manager Cecil Cooper Monday and promoted third-base coach Dave Clark to interim manager for the rest of the season. Clark made his debut Monday with...
- NEW WALL OF HONOR IS DREAM COME TRUE FOR CECIL COOPER.(Local)(Column)
- Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) August 28, 2005 700+ words
Byline: DICK CASE POST-STANDARD COLUMNIST Cecil Cooper's going to die a happy man. He's 80 and fit. When we met four years ago, Cecil said to me "If I get this, my life would...
- ALL-STAR BREWERS.(SPORTS)
- Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) July 10, 2001 700+ words
The Brewers' players in the All-Star...Teddy Higuera. * 1985: 1B Cecil Cooper; 3B Paul Molitor. * 1984...C Ted Simmons*; 1B Cecil Cooper; OF Ben Oglivie. * 1982: SS Robin Yount*; 1B Cecil Cooper*; OF Ben Oglivie; P Rollie...
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- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Reusse, Patrick June 12, 1999 700+ words
...to center field. The Brewers were the transplanted...bombers to follow, the Brewers had the most exciting...was batting second and Cecil Cooper third," Molitor said...championship series. Cecil Cooper hit a two-run single...eight seasons with the Brewers. "We kept hearing...
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- Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) Feuerherd, Vic July 24, 2002 700+ words
...the organization -- Brewers bench coach Cecil Cooper, and minor league coaches...We were unique." A Brewers reunion A number of former Brewers players, coaches and...Bernard, Mike Caldwell, Cecil Cooper, Jamie Easterly, Jim...
- FOR BREWERS, '80S A MEMORABLE DECADE.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI) June 21, 2000 700+ words
...folk heroes. The 1980 Brewers won 86 games, which...103-59). The 1980 Brewers placed four position...star team: Oglivie, Cecil Cooper, Paul Molitor and Robin...Picking the greatest Brewers from this decade should...First base The choices: Cecil Cooper, Greg Brock, Billy...
