They were in the game the whole night, had plenty of chances to win it, but couldn't pull their damn heads out of their collective asses. Tough loss on a game they could've and should've won.
Ah-greed! Coop has reverted back to the surly manager after the game. Instead of looking at the opportunity to win, he decided to rail on his team's poor play on defense. I know you want to talk to your players about that and have them do better, but Cooper is reacting to the loss as if someone just kicked his kid. Did the Astros play badly? Yes. Did they stop competing or give up on hustling (other than Carlos Lee running down the first base line)? I didn't see it. They competed, they didn't play pristine baseball, but they did not give up.
You can forgive mistakes made because of bad hops or extenuating circumstances. You do not forgive mistakes made because of mental lapses. If Cooper thinks Michaels was hotdogging it in the first inning, he's mistakened. It happens, move on. You had a chance to win but you didn't.
