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Cox settling in as Kingwood Park’s OC heading into season
Joshua Koch
Aug 14, 2018, 5:49 am
Cox’s impact on players is evident both on the field and the diamond Vype
Originally appeared on Vype
“What if I’m not good at this?”
That’s the burning question that crossed the mind of Bruce Cox as he sat inside the Kingwood Park weight room at 6 a.m. on the morning of October 19.
Cox later that night would be calling the plays as the Panthers’ newly appointed Offensive Coordinator trying to turn the tide of a team that was 1-3 coming off a bye week.
“At the end of the day when I got the play sheets and put on the headsets on on the sideline I was very confident in our plan and our kids, most importantly, and our assistant coaches we had,” Cox said as he watched fall practice progress on Tuesday afternoon. “Just went to work and it worked out.”
Cox’s offensive plan clicked from the beginning as Kingwood Park went 4-0 to close out the season – averaging 27 points per game – and made the playoffs for the first time since 2014.
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Jul 10, 2025, 3:46 pm
Jake Meyers is the latest Astro to be rushed back from injury too soon. Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images.
Houston center fielder Jake Meyers was removed from Wednesday night’s game against Cleveland during pregame warmups because of right calf tightness.
Meyers, who had missed the last two games with a right calf injury, jogged onto the field before the game but soon summoned the training staff, who joined him on the field to tend to him. He remained on the field on one knee as manager Joe Espada joined the group. After a couple minutes, Meyers got up and was helped off the field and to the tunnel in right field by a trainer.
Mauricio Dubón moved from shortstop to center field and Zack Short entered the game to replace Dubón at shortstop.
Meyers is batting .308 with three homers and 21 RBIs this season.
After the game, Meyers met with the media and spoke about the injury. Meyers declined to answer when asked if the latest injury feels worse than the one he sustained Sunday. Wow, that is not a good sign.
Asked if this calf injury feels worse than the one he sustained on Sunday, Jake Meyers looked toward a team spokesman and asked "do I have to answer that?" He did not and then politely ended the interview.
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) July 10, 2025
Lack of imaging strikes again!
The Athletic's Chandler Rome reported on Thursday that the Astros didn't do any imaging on Meyers after the initial injury. You can't make this stuff up. This is exactly the kind of thing that has the Astros return-to-play policy under constant scrutiny.
The All-Star break is right around the corner, why take the risk in playing Meyers after missing just two games with calf discomfort? The guy literally fell to the ground running out to his position before the game started. The people that make these risk vs. reward assessments clearly are making some serious mistakes.
The question remains: will the Astros finally do something about it?