John Antonoff / For the Sun-Times
MESA, Ariz. – New Cubs manager Craig Counsell stood on the dugout steps Friday, Sloan Park abuzz with first-game excitement around him.
Counsell had just wrapped up his first Marquee Sports Network in-game interview, and his team had a healthy lead on the White Sox. It was the bottom of the third inning, and Counsell had already cleared the crosstown-rivalry and media-obligation steps of his initiation.