Footer reports Following Sunday’s game, manager Cecil Cooper said Backe will “pitch somewhere on this road trip, but I don’t know exactly when or where.”…
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The incorrect lineup card was not the problem, Manager Cooper is seriously confusing
On May - 21 - 2009
Managers sometimes fill out the card wrong, but Footer spots the real problem
Once Cooper’s mistake was revealed, he did not move from his seat in the dugout, even as the umpires explained the situation to Cooper and to Bourn.
Back on the Bus
On May - 19 - 2009
Footer blogs that the Astros decide that Backe needs another minor league start, on Saturday. That’ll be it though. The rules say they can’t have him on “rehab” past Tuesday. Footer’s Blog
“Will-there-be-Meetings? Of-course! No-Meetings!
On May - 19 - 2009
Remember when Cooper said this? (5/15)
“Probably two (more), I would think,” Cooper said when asked if Backe would make one more start. Link
“Why tinker with it?”
On May - 16 - 2009
Bourn hitting leadoff? “I’m not going to do it,” Cooper said.
