DATE SHOT: Spring 1985 SUBJECT: Cecil Cooper APPROXIMATE SIZE: 35mm in standard slide mount MARKS / STAMPING: Mount is pre-printed with team name, player identification and position. TYPE CLASSIFICATION: Original Promo Slide COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is positive film that can be viewed with a backlight source without having to invert the image. As with original negatives, it can be used to produce high-quality photographic prints (no print is included with this item though). This is one of a large number of sports promo slides that I will be listing in the coming weeks. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to the mount's edges, but see scans for further details including film condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. Cecil Celester Cooper was born in 1949 in Brenham, TX. He played major league baseball from 1971 to 1987 as 1st baseman for the Boston Red Sox and the Milwaukee Brewers, appeared in the 1975 and 1982 World Series, and was selected 5 times as an All-Star. He later was a Milwaukee Brewers coach in 2002 and managed the AAA Indianapolis Indians in 2003 and 2004. In 2005, he became a Houston Astros coach under Phil Garner, whom he knew from Garner's days as the Brewers' manager. He became interim manager of the Astros on August 28, 2007 when Garner was fired. Cooper later was given the manager's job on a full-time basis. The Astros did surptisingly well in 2008, finishing 9 games above .500, and started off 2009 on the same note. With the Cubs, Cardinals and Brewers all hovering around .500, the Astros were suddenly in the middle of the division race in early August, but the thrill ended as quickly as it had begun: the Cardinals got hot, Houston cooled down and by mid-September, the dream was over. With Houston in a seven-game losing streak, Cooper was fired on September 21 and replaced by third base coach Dave Clark. Explanation of Type Classifications: Type 1 = A 1st generation photograph, developed from the original negative, during the period (within two years of when the shot was taken). Type 2 = A 1st generation photograph, developed from the original negative, during a later period (more than two years after the shot was taken). Type 3 = A 2nd generation photograph, developed from a duplicate negative or wire transmission, during the period. Type 4 = A 2nd generation photograph (or 3rd or later generation), developed from a duplicate negative or wire transmission, during a later period. Original = A 1st generation photograph, developed from the original negative, which appears to be of the period but for which a print date cannot be determined for definitive Type classification. Essentially, a photo we feel is a Type 1, but which lacks certain elements necessary for definitive dating of the print. For further information regarding "Type" classification of photographs, please refer to "A Portrait of Baseball Photography" by Fogel, Oser and Yee, and to PSA's website at http://www.psacard.com/Exhib/B-W-Photography/index.html. LV01 SKU: LSP00103
Item: LSP00103
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