“He just struggled in that inning after the blown call by the umpire,” Cooper said. “I thought it was best to take him out right there. That’s where I’m going to leave it. OK?”
Asked if he was surprised he was lifted so early, Chacon responded, “Yeah. But that’s why he’s the manager. He said I was done. I was done.”
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Cecil Cooper and third-base coach Ed Romero paid a morning visit to commissioner Bud Selig’s office Friday in downtown Milwaukee. They talked about “the state of baseball” .
3-1 in the 7th, 2 outs, runner on 2nd, why did Cooper let Oswalt hit? “He’s pitching well, and he’s my ace,” Cooper said.
Is Roy injured? Cooper reiterated on Wednesday that the right-hander is healthy.
Cooper told Sampson “just not to think of it as a demotion. He’s got a chance to help us. Instead of one time a week, (now) it could be three times a week or four times. He might be an early guy. He might be anywhere, really.”
