{"id":2997,"date":"2012-12-19T08:49:30","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T14:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=2997"},"modified":"2012-12-19T08:49:30","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T14:49:30","slug":"336-dennis-cook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/336-dennis-cook\/","title":{"rendered":"#336 &#8211; Dennis Cook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/DennisCook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3008\" title=\"DennisCook\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/DennisCook.jpg\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Dennis Cook<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rank<\/strong>: 336<\/p>\n<p><strong>Position<\/strong>: P<\/p>\n<p><strong>Year With White Sox<\/strong>: 1994<\/p>\n<p>Coming off a poor 1993 with the Indians where he posted a 5.67 ERA, Dennis Cook signed a minor league deal with the White Sox in January 1994. \u00a0Cook impressed Gene Lamont enough in spring training to break camp with the big league club. \u00a0The highlight of Cook&#8217;s season may have been in July, when his former team accused him of cheating due to his success against them.<\/p>\n<p>Indians manager Mike Hargrove had the home plate umpire check Cook&#8217;s glove for pine tar in both the 7th and 8th innings as Cook pitched 2 1\/3 innings of one-hit scoreless relief, keeping the Sox within percentage points of the first-place Indians. \u00a0Cook&#8217;s season ended prematurely, along with the rest of the sport, on August 12th, when the\u00a0Major League Baseball Players Association went on strike, with the White Sox holding a one game lead in the newly formed AL Central.<\/p>\n<p>Following the lost season, which saw the cancellation of the playoffs and World Series, Cook was selected off waivers by the Indians.<\/p>\n<p>Cook\u2019s numbers in a White Sox uniform were:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<caption><b>Career Pitching<\/b><\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff; 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