MILWAUKEE– If you didn’t understand, you would have believed the lots of media members put together in the visitors dugout at American Family Field were there for the similarity Shohei Ohtani. The pomp and situation was for previous Brewers and now Cubs supervisor Craig Counsell, who was making his return to Milwaukee for the very first time given that taking his brand-new task in Chicago.
After minimizing his return and the attention that would surround it for the previous month, the Cubs supervisor opened his journey back to the ballpark that he called home for almost twenty years.
“Life takes various turns, guy,” Counsell stated before the Cubs’ 5-1 loss to the Brewers. “I do not wish to plan my life permanently. I wish to do things that challenge me. That thrills me, so I do not make strategies like that. You got ta take the trip of life and see what takes place. This was not something I always anticipated to occur. You got to leap on the trip and go.
“I was at a location for a very long time. I believe when you’re at a location for a very long time, you simply naturally think of like, ‘What if I did something various?'” Counsell stated. “That became part of it. Which occurred over the last number of years. Not simply in 2015. Honestly, [former Brewers president of baseball operations] David Stearns leaving made you consider it a lot. I do not understand how it could not. It takes place over time.”
Chicago Cubs supervisor Craig Counsell speaks with press reporters before Monday’s video game in Milwaukee, where he invested parts of 18 years as a gamer, supervisor and other functions with the Brewers. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
While any supervisor going back to a location he invested a long period of time gets attention, Counsell’s go back to Milwaukee is most likely even larger for him than it would have been for others. It’s not simply that he handled in Milwaukee for 9 seasons, played there for 6 seasons and operated in the front workplace for 3.
It’s the reality that Counsell likewise takes place to be among Wisconsin’s native children. The Cubs’ skipper matured simply 15 minutes far from American Family Field in Whitefish Bay. The park in Whitefish Bay called after Counsell was vandalized in the offseason after he was worked with by Chicago. Counsell appears to recognize how his departure from Milwaukee and relocate to Chicago has actually been taken by the fan base that utilized to cheer for him.
Makers fans squandered no time at all “inviting” their previous supervisor back, with a round of boos throughout his short homage video and when he left to exchange lineup cards with Brewers supervisor and long time pal Pat Murphy and when he strolled onto the field at any time throughout the Cubs’ loss Monday.
“Cheer, boo, whatever, male. Simply enjoy at the video game,” Counsell stated before the video game.
