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Don Cooper addresses Chris Sale jersey incident, new White Sox pitchers in interview

How the White Sox are were able to keep going about their business in 2016, after two of the most bizarre clubhouse fracases in recent memory, sounds simple enough once pitching coach Don Cooper explains it.

”Why are y’all shocked? I worked for Ozzie for X number of years, this happened everyday.”

The revered longtime pitching coach addressed the incident for the first time Tuesday in an interview on Chuck Garfien’s White Sox Talk podcast, but downplayed it as an emotional outburst from an emotional guy, and said that nothing that happened made him think less of “the most talented” pitcher he said he’s ever coached.