The Chicago Cubs continue to slide in the standings, but manager Craig Counsell is choosing to remain optimistic. After the Cubs fell to 28-29 after their seventh loss in eight games at the hands of the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday, Counsell tried keeping things in perspective.
Shota Imanaga had the worst start of his MLB career on Wednesday as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs, 10-6. Imagana gave up season-highs of eight hits, seven runs, two home runs and struck out just a single batter.
The opening of the Craig Counsell era in Chicago has met with mixed results. Inconsistencies have led to the Cubs falling in several offensive and defensive categories.
The Chicago Cubs have gotten some unexpected performances out of rookie pitchers this season, but Tuesday night's was one of the best. Ben Brown struck
This was partially inspired by a trip to American Family Field On Monday I made the trek up to Milwaukee to see Craig Counsell’s return to American Family Field with my own eyes.
Jake Mintz is joined by Russell Dorsey to talk about the historic integration of Negro League stats into the Major League record book. Later, Jake is joined by Bailey Freeman to discuss Angel Hernandez retiring & Craig Counsell’s return to Milwaukee.
Chicago radio host Danny Parkins took shots at the Milwaukee Brewers and their fans on "X" on Tuesday. On Monday, Brewers' fans ruthlessly boo'd Cubs manager Craig Counsell in his first trip to Milwaukee since leaving the Brewers in the offseason.
This is one aspect of managing within games at which, by general acclaim, Craig Counsell always excelled. Thus, especially with two of the team's three long-time co-aces absent along with Counsell, we might reasonably have worried that the Brewers would struggle to juggle the difficult, different w...
When the Brewers played a tribute video for Counsell prior to the start of Game 1, the crowd roared with boos.
Craig Counsell shocked the MLB when he jumped ship from the Milwaukee Brewers to go join their National League West rival in the Chicago Cubs. So unsurprisingly, when the Cubs trekked out to Milwaukee for the first time this season, Brewers fans let Counsell know how they feel about him by booing him repeatedly throughout the day.
Willy Adames hit a three-run homer and rookie Robert Gasser tossed six scoreless innings to pace the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-1 victory over the visiting Cubs on Monday, spoiling the return of Chicago manager Craig Counsell.
Just imagine what Craig Counsell must be thinking right about now. As soon as the Brewers scored their first eighth-inning run on the error by Nick Madrigal — who’s presumably in this game only for defense!
Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell was back in Milwaukee on Monday for the first time since leaving as Brewers manager over the offseason.
The intense rivalry between the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers moves up a notch Monday when Chicago manager Craig Counsell returns to Milwaukee for the first time since abruptly leaving the Brewers in the offseason.
His microscopic 0.84 ERA is both the lowest in baseball this year and the lowest of any rookie pitcher’s first nine starts in the modern era.
The Chicago Cubs fell to the Atlanta Braves 9-2 on Wednesday night. However, it was a huge offensive outburst in the seventh inning that allowed the score to look so lopsided.
Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell is relatively pleased with his team’s start in 2024. They are 26-22 on the season, only two games behind the Milwaukee Brewers for first place in the NL Central.
The Cubs are expecting to welcome shortstop Dansby Swanson back from the injured list prior to Tuesday’s series opener against the Braves, as noted by Kyle Williams of the Chicago Sun Times.
The contrasts were clear on Friday afternoon when the Pirates took on the Cubs.
Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell has the opportunity to drive down memory lane as his club hosts the Milwaukee Brewers in a three-game homestand. Counsell, of course, has a history with the Brew Crew, as he both played for and managed the team for several seasons before moving to Chicago this year.
An already tense rivalry will have some fuel added to the fire on Friday when the host Chicago Cubs open a three-game series with the Milwaukee Brewers.
Craig Counsell expanded on his offseason managerial decision before Monday's game between the Cubs and Mets.
Anyone who invests in the stock market knows the old adage of ‘buy low, sell high.’ The same holds true when testing the trade waters in fantasy baseball.
The Cubs, who fell one game short of the postseason last fall, wasted little time initiating their offseason plan for 2024. Not even one week after the World Series ended, they signed manager Craig Counsell away from the NL Central rival Milwaukee Brewers.
Although his team was playing the White Sox, Counsell took time out of his day to throw a little shade at the Brewers and their fans.
The Brewers appear to have settled on their new manager. Milwaukee is expected to promote longtime bench coach Pat Murphy, reports Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.
Counsell generated a ton of interest this offseason, and the Cubs paid a pretty penny to lure the manager to Chicago. Was all the hoopla (and the payday) warranted?
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