2024 Cubs Convention: A conversation with Craig Counsell

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty ImagesPerhaps my favorite moment during Craig Counsell’s conversation with Jon “Boog” Sciambi came when he discussed having a bit of an underdog mentality coming from Milwaukee. He followed up a discussion of how he’ll keep that mindset with him despite the bigger stage when he said, “You don’t think I can do it? Watch.”

It’s early in Counsell’s tenure in Chicago, but I have a hunch we’re all going to enjoy watching him manage this Cubs team quite a bit.

The conversation was revealing in numerous ways, for example, when he was asked how he’d go about moving from an organization he knew so well in Milwaukee to a new team in Chicago. He paused for a…